The Two Edged Sword

The Two Edged Sword
Directed by	George D. Baker
Screenplay by	Lillian Case Russell Eugene V. Webster
Starring	Edith Storey
Cinematography	Joseph Shelderfer
Release date	March 20, 1916 (1916-03-20)(USA)
Language	Silent (with English intertitles)

The Two Edged Sword is a 1916 silent Vitagraph drama directed by George D. Baker. The film was written by Eugene V. Brewster and Lillian Case Russell, and it starred Edith Storey and Evart Overton. ^[1]

Plot

A bored married woman (Josephine Earle) tired of her workaholic novelist husband (Jed Brooks) embarks on a trip with her friend and meets a handsome farmer she begins a fling with. The farmer (Logan Paul) falls head over heels, but the woman doesn't take it seriously. When her husband pays a surprise visit to the farm, the farmer realizes he's been had, and after the husband beats him in a fight, he commits suicide. His enraged sister (Edith Storey) vows vengeance. ^{[2] [3]}

Cast

• Edith Storey as Mary Brooks
• Evart Overton as Jed Brooks
• Josephine Earl as Dorothy Allen
• Robert Gaillard as Gordon Allen
• Logan Paul as Farmer Brooks

Production

The film was shot in the fall of 1915. ^[4]

References

1. "10 May 1916, Page 1 - The Daily Republican at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
2. "14 Apr 1916, Page 9 - Asheville Citizen-Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
3. The Moving Picture World. World Photographic Publishing Company. 1916.
4. "1 Nov 1915, Page 5 - The Scranton Republican at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved March 30, 2019.