The Yellow Pawn (1916)

The Yellow Pawn

1916

Drama Romance Comedy

Synopsis

An artist is in the countryside, painting, when he meets a girl in a roadster. They fall in love, but the girl marries a lawyer for his money. She should have waited -- the artist becomes a huge success, commanding a thousand dollars for a portrait sitting. The girl convinces her husband to let the artist paint her, but one night while she is visiting his studio, a thieving relative of his enters and is killed by a servant. To protect the girl, the artist allows himself to be accused of the murder. Her husband happens to be the prosecuting attorney, and when she reveals she was at the artist's home the night of the murder, he prepares to shoot the artist himself. But before he can raise his gun, the servant stabs him to death.

Credits

Director

George Melford

Cast

Clarence Geldart as Mr. Turner

Cleo Ridgely as Kate Turner

George Kuwa as Sen Yat

George Webb as Tom Weldon

Irene Aldwyn as Marian Turner

Olive Carey as Young Girl

Tom Forman as Philip Grant

Wallace Reid as James Weldon