The Scar | |
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Directed by | Frank Hall Crane |
Written by | Hamilton Smith |
Produced by | World Film Company |
Starring | Kitty Gordon Irving Cummings |
Cinematography | Lucien Tainguy |
Distributed by | World Film Company |
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Running time | 5 reels |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Scar is a lost [1] 1919 American silent film drama directed by Frank Hall Crane and starring Kitty Gordon. It was produced and distributed by World Film Company. [2]
George Reynolds, an American, fights a duel in South America with the Spaniard Valdez over the affections of Cora, a Spanish adventuress, and later brings her back to the United States, where she becomes involved with his friend Caryl Haskill. During a struggle, Cora is accidentally shot and George is convicted, serving five years in prison while she taunts him during his forced labor. After his release, Cora opens a gambling house in New York, where Caryl becomes addicted, loses everything, and takes his own life. Hoping for a new beginning, George marries Frances Tabor, but Cora, consumed by vengeance, tries to destroy his marriage and even attempts to have him re-arrested, though she fails. Ultimately, her obsession drives her into madness, and she is confined to an asylum.