The Evil Thereof (1916 film): Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
Tjmayerinsf (talk | contribs) |
Tjmayerinsf (talk | contribs) mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 29: | Line 29: | ||
*Henry Hallam as her father |
*Henry Hallam as her father |
||
*George LeGuere as the boy |
*George LeGuere as the boy |
||
==Plot== |
|||
A wealthy, amoral broker (Losee) seduces a manicurist (Valentine) and makes her his mistress, taking her away from her fiancé, a young barber (Kent). |
|||
The manicurist soon comes to detest the broker, but she has no choice except to stay with him, as respectable society considers her a "fallen woman." Then, at a dinner party, the broker, in full detail, tells his assembled guests the story of how he brought the manicurist up from nothing and gave her everything she had. Now completely humiliated and thinking only of how she has ruined her life, the manicurist takes her dinner knife and stabs the broker to death. |
|||
==References== |
==References== |
||
Revision as of 22:39, 2 January 2014
- For the 1913 film of the same name, see The Evil Thereof (1913 film).
| The Evil Thereof (1916 film) | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Robert G. Vignola |
| Written by | Channing Pollock Rennold Wolf (scenario) |
| Produced by | Daniel Frohman Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky |
| Starring | Frank Losee Grace Valentine |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
|
Running time | 50 minutes (5 reels) |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent film (English intertitles) |
The Evil Thereof (1916) is a silent film directed by Robert G. Vignola and starring Frank Losee and Grace Valentine.[1]
Cast
- Frank Losee as the broker
- Grace Valentine as the manicurist
- Crauford Kent as the barber
- Henry Hallam as her father
- George LeGuere as the boy
Plot
A wealthy, amoral broker (Losee) seduces a manicurist (Valentine) and makes her his mistress, taking her away from her fiancé, a young barber (Kent).
The manicurist soon comes to detest the broker, but she has no choice except to stay with him, as respectable society considers her a "fallen woman." Then, at a dinner party, the broker, in full detail, tells his assembled guests the story of how he brought the manicurist up from nothing and gave her everything she had. Now completely humiliated and thinking only of how she has ruined her life, the manicurist takes her dinner knife and stabs the broker to death.