Marriage (1918)
Neglected by her workaholic husband Jack, Eileen Spencer begins an affair with novelist Carter Ballantyne. Their planned elopement is halted when Eileen learns that Jack has lost both his money and his eyesight, and she feels compelled to return to care for him. With her friend Dolly Page, Eileen cheats at cards amassing a fortune to send Jack to France for treatment. Carter reappears, threatening to expose her unless she submits to him. Intending merely to reason with Carter, Eileen gives him a key to her apartment, but Jack returns home unexpectedly and finds him there. At her birthday dinner, Eileen, in anticipation of Carter's plan to expose her publicly, confesses her guilt, whereas her husband and her friends forgive her.
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Neglected by her workaholic husband Jack, Eileen Spencer begins an affair with novelist Carter Ballantyne. Their planned elopement is halted when Eileen learns that Jack has lost both his money and his eyesight, and she feels compelled to return to care for him. With her friend Dolly Page, Eileen cheats at cards amassing a fortune to send Jack to France for treatment. Carter reappears, threatening to expose her unless she submits to him. Intending merely to reason with Carter, Eileen gives him a key to her apartment, but Jack returns home unexpectedly and finds him there. At her birthday dinner, Eileen, in anticipation of Carter's plan to expose her publicly, confesses her guilt, whereas her husband and her friends forgive her.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Bennet Musson
In Theaters:11/25/1918
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Runtime:50 minutes
Studio:Frank A. Keeney Pictures Corporation
Cast
James Kirkwood
Director
Catherine Calvert
Eileen Spencer
David Powell
Jack Spencer
Thomas Holding
Carter Ballyntine
Ida Darling
Mrs. Stoddard
Walter Hiers
Tommy Latimer
Marcia Harris
Miss Somerville
Hazel Alden
Dolly Page
Hattie Delaro
Mrs. Van Alstyne
William Walcott
Pojoul
William S. Meyers
Dr. Abbott
Neil Cameron
Clerk
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