The Social Leper (1917)
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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.
- Release date
- March 19, 1917
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Carlyle Blackwell as John Dean
- Arthur Ashley as Robert Warren
- June Elvidge as Adrienne Van Couver
- George MacQuarrie as Henry Armstrong
- Isabel Berwin as Mrs. Stephen Barkley
- Evelyn Greeley as Lorraine Barkley
- Eugenie Woodward as Mrs. Dean
- Edna Whistler as Madame Melvina
- Muriel Ostriche
Crew
- Harley Knoles · Director
- Florence Bolles · Writer
- Frances Marion · Writer
- Arthur Edeson · Cinematographer