21 September 1918 Drama 50 mins
Elaine Brooks marries Robert Ames, a junior member of the Department of Justice. Mrs. Durand, a spy uses underhanded means to steal important papers from Ames, which she gives to her superior, Dr. Kemp. Although she is innocent, Elaine becomes implicated in this plot.
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Marion Davies as Elaine Brooks
Mary Richards as Mrs. Brooks, her mother
Eloise Clement as Mrs. Durand
Wilmuth Merkyl as Robert Ames
L. Rogers Lytton as George Blair
Willard Cooley as Frank Raymond
Fred Hearn as William Kemp
Fred Lenox as Butler
Maude Lowe as Maid
André Barlatier Cinematography
Fred Hearn Assistant Director
Julius Steger Director
S.M. Weller Scenario Writer
John G. Adolfi Director
United States 21 September 1918
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1918:
14 July 1918
Ellen Shannon, the daughter of self-made Irish politician Pat Shannon, is engaged to Ted Breslin, but because Pat began his career as a menial laborer, Ted's mother, Mrs.
01 February 1918
American heiress Bettina Vanderpoel departs for England to visit her sister Rosalie and her impoverished nobleman husband Sir Nigel Anstruthers.
13 October 1918
When Roberta Carruthers' father, Capt. Carruthers, is killed in France during the war, she comes to live in the US with her uncle.
18 February 1918
Hawaiian prince Tom Garvin (Sessue Hayakawa) receives an American college education and falls in love with Enid Benton (Florence Vidor).
31 March 1918
Susie organizes plays to benefit the Red Cross. She marries her hero, Robert, but finds out he did it to avoid the draft.
25 May 1918
A wealthy old man is murdered after deciding to write his nephew out of his will. Fearing that he will be accused of the murder his nephew takes flight but, with the help of a young woman whose life he saves, he has to try and track down the real murderer.
24 February 1918
Harold Lloyd starred in the successful Lonesome Luke series. However, he soon grew tired of the obvious Charlie Chaplin imitation.
29 September 1918
Engrossed in the perfection of a new high power explosive, the husband seems to neglect his wife. She is further piqued by the introduction into their home of a man whose presence is unexplained, but who is really a Secret Service operative guarding the invention.
08 April 1918
Elinor Shale's happiness at being engaged to Gerald Forster is interrupted by the arrival of her sister Lucy, who confesses that she will soon give birth to an illegitimate child.
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