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More Truth Than Poetry

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Calorie Rating: 70
Released: 1917-10-22
Running Time: 50 Minutes
Studios: Metro Pictures Corporation,


When Vera, the daughter of steel king Daniel Maitland, marries Blair, a young lawyer, her father cuts her off with only a small allowance. A few months later, Blair becomes famous by securing the acquittal of one of his friends who had killed his wife's lover, basing his plea on "the unwritten law." He then succumbs to the fascination of another woman. Vera discovers them in a compromising situation and shoots Blair. At her trial, her lawyer is pleading for mercy when Vera explains that she does not want mercy, but justice.

Director / Directors



Cast

Olga Petrova
Character: Elaine Esmond / Vera Maitland
Mahlon Hamilton
Character: Ashton Blair / Blake Wendell
Charles Martin
Character: Daniel Maitland

Violet Reed
Character: Florence Grant
Mary Sands
Character: Grace Danby
William B. Davidson
Character: Allen Danby

Tony Merlo
Character: Louis Barrentos
Harry Burkhardt
Character: Robert Grant


Production and Crew

Emma Bell Clifton
Scenario Writer
Harry B. Harris
Director of Photography