The Social Leper (1917)

The Social Leper

1917

Drama Crime

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Harley Knoles

Cast

Arthur Ashley as Robert Warren

Carlyle Blackwell as John Dean

Edna Whistler as Madame Melvina

Eugenie Woodward as Mrs. Dean

Evelyn Greeley as Lorrainne Barkely

George MacQuarrie as Henry Armstrong

Isabel Berwin as Mrs. Stephen Barkley

June Elvidge as Adrienne Van Couver