Out of the Quagmire (1916)
Arsdale, a candidate for mayor misconstrues the situation when he sees his wife Alice enter the apartment house of gambler Norton. Unknown to him Alice’s sister Mabel had married the dissolute Norton and made her life misery. Norton, recruited by Arsdale’s rival to incriminate his opponent surreptitiously tries to compromise Alice and Arsdale, consumed with jealousy shoots him, ruining all their lives.
Director: Theodore Marston
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Joseph Kilgour as Lawrence Arsdale |
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Julia Swayne Gordon as Alice Arsdale |
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Eleanor Woodruff as Mabel Britton |
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Ned Finley as Huggins |
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Robert Whitworth as Willard Norton |
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John T. Kelly as Mike Coran |
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Adele Kelly as Lucy Coran |
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Arthur Cozine as Bill Sheidy |
| Directing | Theodore Marston | Director |