The Evil Thereof (1916 film)

For the 1913 film of the same name, see The Evil Thereof (1913 film).
The Evil Thereof (1916 film)

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Directed by Robert G. Vignola
Produced by Daniel Frohman
Adolph Zukor
Jesse L. Lasky
Written by Channing Pollock
Rennold Wolf (scenario)
Starring Frank Losee
Grace Valentine
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release dates
  • June 5, 1916
Running time
50 minutes (5 reels)
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Evil Thereof is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Robert G. Vignola and starring Frank Losee and Grace Valentine.[1][2]

Plot

A wealthy, amoral broker (Losee) seduces a manicurist (Valentine) and makes her his mistress, taking her away from her fiancé, a young barber (Kent).

The manicurist soon comes to detest the broker, but she has no choice except to stay with him, as respectable society considers her a "fallen woman." Then, at a dinner party, the broker, in full detail, tells his assembled guests the story of how he brought the manicurist up from nothing and gave her everything she had. Now completely humiliated and thinking only of how she has ruined her life, the manicurist takes her dinner knife and stabs the broker to death.

Cast

Grace Valentine and Frank Losee in The Evil Thereof (1916) from June 1916 issue of Moving Picture World


References

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