The Social Leper

The Social Leper

1917 · 50 min · Drama, Crime

A clairvoyant warns divorcée Adrienne Van Couver to beware of Robert Warren, whom she has spurned. The warning comes true after Adrienne's ex-husband, John Dean, meets Warren, an old friend, and tells him the story of his marriage to Adrienne. He tells how her frivolity and malice caused both the death of their only child, and after their divorce John’s romance with Lorraine Barkley who left him for lawyer Henry Armstrong. Enraged by Adrienne's treachery, Warren goes to her apartment and kills her. Dean arrives after Warren has fled and is arrested for the murder. Believing that Dean is innocent, Lorraine persuades Armstrong to defend him. After a last-minute confession by John is cleared.

Directed by Harley Knoles · Written by Florence Bolles

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Carlyle Blackwell John Dean
June Elvidge Adrienne Van Couver
Arthur Ashley Robert Warren
Evelyn Greeley Lorrainne Barkely
George MacQuarrie Henry Armstrong
Muriel Ostriche
Isabel Berwin Mrs. Stephen Barkley
Eugenie Woodward Mrs. Dean
Edna Whistler Madame Melvina

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