The read
It runs a compact 1h 0m.
Synopsis
This whodunit bears no relation to the 1918 picture of the same name, but both films coincidentally had the same director, Tom Terriss. When sleazy theatrical agent Maurice Beiner (Arthur Donaldson) is found stabbed to death in his office, just about everybody is a suspect -- there's aspiring actress Clancy Deane (Eileen Huban), who was one of the last people to see him alive, and Sophie Carey (Alma Rubens) who knows he has some love letters she wrote to Judge Walbrough (George MacQuarrie) before she married her alcoholic husband, Don (Henry Sedley). Or is it Marc Weber (Norman Kerry), who had a falling out with Beiner, or Weber's devoted wife, Fay (Ethel Duray)?
Ratings
TMDB9/10
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Key crew
- Tom TerrissDirector
- Doty HobartWriter
Cast
- Alma RubensSophie Carey
- Eileen HubanClancy Deane
- Harrison FordPhilip Vandevent
- George MacQuarrieJudge Walbrough
- Norman KerryMarc Weber
- Ethel DurayFab Weber
- Arthur DonaldsonMorris Beiner
- Henry SedleyDon Carey
- Sydney DeaneSofford
- Emily FitzroyMrs. Napoli
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Themes
partially lost film