Young lawyer Richard Potter and Irene Roberts are secretly engaged but Irene’s social climbing mother wants her to marry a wealthy man. To that end she schemes with banker David Winters to break up Richard and Irene and pair her with Winters profligate son Gerald Winters. They succeed temporarily but Gerald is a violent drunk who runs with a fast crowd and eventually ends up charged with murder. Though innocent Gerald has been well framed and faces the gallows until Irene appeals to Richard, now the District Attorney, for aid. At the eleventh hour a confession saves Richard, allowing Richard and Irene to reunite.
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Edward Coxen
Richard Potter
Also in
The Trail of Cards
The Crime of the Hour
Winifred Greenwood
Irene Roberts
Known for
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
George Field
Gerald Winters
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Blood and Sand
Spider Barlow's Soft Spot
Louise Lester
Mrs. Roberts
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The Trail of Cards
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George Webb
Sam Murdock
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Below the Surface
Idolators
Charles Newton
Dan Lee
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Colorado
Superstition
Jimsy Maye
Polly Lee
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Dick La Reno
David Winters
Also in
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James L. McGee
Tom Mason
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Tom Ricketts Director
United States release May 11, 1916 · Produced in United States
Production
American Film Manufacturing Company
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · May 11, 1916
Theatrical
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