Idolators
When playwright Curtis de Forest Ralston becomes enamored of actress Viola Strathmore, who is to appear in his play Vanity, Viola induces him to change certain parts and give her more lines. Curtis, who is not as talented as he believes himself to be, fails at his job but is saved by his wife Anita, a former actress, who has forsaken her career for marriage. Anita and her old manager, Bruce Winthrope, fashion the play to suit Viola, and Vanity becomes a huge success. The play's triumph enlarges Curtis's ego even further, and he deserts Anita for Viola.
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Cast
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Louise Glaum
Viola Strathmore
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George Webb
Curtis de Forest Ralston
Also in
Below the Surface
Black Beauty
Dorcas Matthews
Anita Carew
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Lee Hill
Borul
Known for
Shanghaied
Tom Guise
Burr Britton
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Black Oxen
His Forgotten Wife
Hugo B. Koch
Bruce Winthrope
Also in
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Milton Ross
Oscar Brent
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Walter Edwards Director · Monte M. Katterjohn Story
United States release September 9, 1917
Production
Triangle Film Corporation
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · September 9, 1917
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