One Law for Both (1917)
AN EIGHT PART MORAL MASTERPIECE WITH A FAR-REACHING MESSAGE ON "THE DOUBLE STANDARD."
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Elga Pulaski and her brother Ossip live in Warsaw. They belong to a secret society whose goal is to liberate Poland and Russia from the Romanoffs. Elga is loved by Baron Jan Slozek. But Slozek is a spy who has Ossip and other members of the society arrested. When Slozek is slain, Ossip is the key suspect. He escapes to America with his sister. There, Elga meets Norman Hutchinson, and marries him without telling him her past. When Hutchinson learns the truth, he leaves Elga. Eventually, when Elga appeals to him, he sees the light.
- Release date
- May 13, 1917
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Rita Jolivet as Elga Pulaski
- James Morrison as Ossip Pulaski
- Leah Baird as Helen
- Vincent Serrano as Hutchinson
- Paul Capellani as Slezak
- Helen Arnold as Magda
- Pedro de Cordoba as Count de Fernac
- Margaret Greene as Renee
- Anders Randolf as The Governor
- Hassan Mussalli as Feodor Wolski
Crew
- Ivan Abramson · Director
- Ivan Abramson · Writer
- Ivan Abramson · Producer
- Marcel Le Picard · Cinematographer