When Men Betray (1918 film)

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When Men Betray
Directed by Ivan Abramson
William Abramson
Written by Ivan Abramson
Produced byGraphic Film Corp.
Starring Gail Kane
Sally Crute
Cinematography Marcel Le Picard
Distributed byState Rights
Release date
  • June 1918 (1918-06)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUSA
LanguageSilent..English titles

When Men Betray is a lost [1] 1918 silent film drama directed by Ivan Abramson and starring Gail Kane. It was released on a State Rights basis. [2]

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Plot

Despite urging of wife Marion (Gail Kane) and young daughter Vivian (Juliette Moore), Raymond Edwards (Robert Elliot) intensifies his affair with charming adventuress Lucille Stanton (Sally Crute). Marion attends a reception with Frederick Barton one evening, leaving Raymond free to visit Lucille and leaving Raymond's younger sister Alice (Tallulah Bankhead) alone in the house. Bob Gardner (Jack McLean), who is engaged to Raymond's elder sister Florence, rapes Alice, and that same evening, Raymond finds Frederick in Lucille's room. Realizing the great pain he has caused his wife, Raymond asks for Marion's forgiveness. Bob is killed in a fight with Frederick, whereupon his brother, Dick Gardner (Reid Hamilton), offers to marry Alice to atone for Bob's wrong.

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