Life's Whirlpool (1917)
Ethel Barrymore plays the wife of an abusive country squire. So nasty is her husband that he all but forces her to seek solace in the arms of her former sweetheart (played by Alan Hale in his leading-man period). Their clandestine relationship finally comes out in the open when the nasty husband is killed by his irate tenants.
Director: Lionel Barrymore
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Ethel Barrymore as Esther Carey |
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Alan Hale as Dr. Henry Grey |
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Paul Everton as B.J. Hendrix |
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Ricca Allen as Ruth Martin |
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Reginald Carrington as John Martin |
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Frank Leigh as Dirk Kanset |
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Walter Hiers as Fatty Holmes |
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Harvey Bogart as Ezra Craddock |
| Directing | Lionel Barrymore | Director |
| Writing | Lionel Barrymore | Writer |
| Production | William A. Brady | Executive Producer |