The Dangerous Moment (1921)
Sylvia Palprini is a waitress at The Black Beetle, the leading bohemian café in New York City’s Greenwich Village. Among the eclectic customers is artist George Duray, whom she admires from a distance. A jealous suitor, Movros Tarkides, attacks Sylvia and she strikes him with a chair. He is later found dead and she is accused of the murder.
Director: Marcel De Sano
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Carmel Myers as Sylvia Palprini |
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Lule Warrenton as Mrs. Tarkides |
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George Regas as Movros Tarkides |
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W.T. Fellows as Jack Reeve |
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Billy Fay as Collins |
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Bonnie Hill as Marjory Blake |
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Herbert Heyes as George Duray |
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Fred Becker as Henry Trent |
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Marian Skinner as Aunt Cynthia Grey |
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Bowditch M. Turner as Trotsky |
| Directing | Marcel De Sano | Director |
| Camera | Bert Glennon | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Douglas Z. Doty | Story |
| Writing | William Clifton | Scenario Writer |
| Writing | John Colton | Story |