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Writing on the Wall (1916)

Directed by Tefft Johnson

Overview

Irving Lawrence owns some of the most decrepit tenements in town and is an all-around bad guy. He won’t cooperate with the efforts of his wife, Barbara, to help the poor and sees other women behind her back. Muriel, one of his cast-offs, meets and marries Barbara’s brother, Payne. Lawrence makes trouble for Muriel and fabricates a scandal involving his kindly brother Schuyler and Barbara.

Length 50 minutes

Actors

Joseph Kilgour | Virginia Pearson | Naomi Childers | Bobby Connelly | Josephine Earle | Charles Wellesley | Robert Gaillard | George Stevens | Mabel Kelly