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The Jury of Fate (1917)
Directed by Tod Browning
Overview
Henri Labordie (Tavernier) is the father of twins. Jeanne (Taliaferro) is sweet and winsome while her brother Jaques (Taliaferro), pampered by her father, is ill-tempered. When Jaques dies through his own caddishness, Jeanne, to spare her father from the shock, clips off her hair and dons boys clothing so that her father will think that it was her and not Jaques who drowned in a stream. When Labordie dies, Jeanne’s deception ends when she goes to Montreal to fulfill an ancient pact, and there she finds happiness
Length 50 minutes
Actors
Mabel Taliaferro | Frank Bennett | William Sherwood | Charles Fang | Albert Tavernier | Bradley Barker | H. F. Webber