The Evil Thereof (1916 film)
The Evil Thereof is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Robert G. Vignola and starring Frank Losee and Grace Valentine.[1][2]
- For the 1913 film of the same name, see The Evil Thereof (1913 film).
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| Directed by | Robert G. Vignola |
| Produced by | Daniel Frohman Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky |
| Written by | Channing Pollock Rennold Wolf (scenario) |
| Starring | Frank Losee Grace Valentine |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 50 minutes (5 reels) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
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.
Cast
- Frank Losee as the broker
- Grace Valentine as the manicurist
- Crauford Kent as the barber
- Henry Hallam as her father
- George Le Guere as the boy
