The Social Leper (1917)
Overview
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.
What is The Social Leper about?
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. The Social Leper is a Drama, Crime movie, released on 1917-03-19, runtime 50 minutes.
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Directed by
Harley Knoles
Cast
- Carlyle Blackwell as John Dean
- June Elvidge as Adrienne Van Couver
- Arthur Ashley as Robert Warren
- Evelyn Greeley as Lorrainne Barkely
- George MacQuarrie as Henry Armstrong
- Muriel Ostriche
- Isabel Berwin as Mrs. Stephen Barkley
- Eugenie Woodward as Mrs. Dean
- Edna Whistler as Madame Melvina
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