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Jim Brood's insane jealousy drives his wife Margaret away, forcing her to leave her son Fred behind and go to live with her twin sister Theresa, an invalid. When a rich baron wishes to adopt Theresa as his daughter, Theresa dies and... See more »

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Margaret Brood / Theresa / Yvonne Strakosch
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Jim Brood (as Holmes E. Herbert)
Jack Crosby ...
Frederick Brood
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Baron Demetrius Strakosch
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Lyda Desmond
Lillian Lawrence ...
Mrs. Desmond
Joseph Granby ...
Ranjab
Patrick Barrett ...
Daws
Tom Cameron ...
Riggs

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Charles Giblyn

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E. Magnus Ingleton ... (adaptation)
 
E. Magnus Ingleton ... (screenplay)
 
George Barr McCutcheon ... (novel)

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Thomas H. Ince ... producer

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John Stumar

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Bert E. Sebell ... assistant director (as Bert Siebel)

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  • Paramount Pictures (1920) (United States) (theatrical) (as Famous Players-Lasky Corporation) (A Paramount-Artcraft Picture)

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Plot Summary

Jim Brood's insane jealousy drives his wife Margaret away, forcing her to leave her son Fred behind and go to live with her twin sister Theresa, an invalid. When a rich baron wishes to adopt Theresa as his daughter, Theresa dies and Margaret assumes her identity. Twenty years later, Margaret and Jim meet again. Not realizing that she is his first wife, Jim proposes to Margaret and she marries him to be near her son. Jim's jealousy rages when he suspects Margaret of having an affair with Fred, in his anger, he shoots and wounds his son. When Margaret can no longer conceal her motherly concern for the wounded Fred, Jim discovers her true identity and the three are reconciled. Written by Pamela Short

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Taglines A marvelous romance of a woman thought dead, who learned to live. A dashing and sensational story with scenes laid in New York and Paris. (Print Ad- News-Scimitar, ((Memphis, Tenn.)) 3 July 1920) See more »
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  • Det levande minnet (Sweden)
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  • 60 min
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Trivia Final film of Claire Mersereau. See more »

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