The Social Leper
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1917-03-19
Runtime: 50 mins
Director: Harley Knoles
Writer: Frances Marion
Spoken language: No Language
Genres: Drama, Crime
Original title: The Social Leper
Production Companies: Peerless Productions, World Film
Production Countries: United States of America
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