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A Dangerous Affair (1919)
Elderly millionaire James Rance, whose only passion is chess, warns his grandson Tommy, who missed the previous evening's game because he played poker with his uncle Gilbert, that should he miss another game, Gilbert will gain the boy's inheritance. During another poker game the next night, Gilbert provokes a fight between Tommy and another player that results in the other player's supposed death. Meanwhile, Terrence Redmond, the guardian of an orphan he found while fighting in France, falls in love with Dawn Moyer.
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Elderly millionaire James Rance, whose only passion is chess, warns his grandson Tommy, who missed the previous evening's game because he played poker with his uncle Gilbert, that should he miss another game, Gilbert will gain the boy's inheritance. During another poker game the next night, Gilbert provokes a fight between Tommy and another player that results in the other player's supposed death. Meanwhile, Terrence Redmond, the guardian of an orphan he found while fighting in France, falls in love with Dawn Moyer.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Garfield Thompson
In Theaters:6/15/1919
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Runtime:50 minutes
Studio:Charles Miller Productions
Cast
Charles Miller
Director
Herbert Rawlinson
Terrence Redmond
Charles A. Stevenson
Patrick Moyer (as Charles Stevenson)
Stuart Holmes
Gilbert Rance
Warren Cook
James Rance (as Warren Cooke)
Regina Quinn
Asta
Ernest Torrence
Abner (as Ernest Torrance)
Florence Billings
Dawn Moyer
Vinton Freedley
Tommy Rance (as Vinton Friedley)
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