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The Social Leper

1917 50 min Drama Crime

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.

Director: Harley Knoles Writer: Frances Marion

Cast

Carlyle Blackwell Carlyle Blackwell John Dean
June Elvidge June Elvidge Adrienne Van Couver
Arthur Ashley Arthur Ashley Robert Warren
Evelyn Greeley Evelyn Greeley Lorrainne Barkely
George MacQuarrie George MacQuarrie Henry Armstrong
Muriel Ostriche Muriel Ostriche
Isabel Berwin Isabel Berwin Mrs. Stephen Barkley
Eugenie Woodward Eugenie Woodward Mrs. Dean
Edna Whistler Edna Whistler Madame Melvina