The Social Leper
1917•50m•Released
DramaCrime
A clairvoyant warns divorcée Adrienne Van Couver to beware of Robert Warren, whom she has spurned. The warning comes true after Adrienne's ex-husband, John Dean, meets Warren, an old friend, and tells him the story of his marriage to Adrienne. He tells how her frivolity and malice caused both the death of their only child, and after their divorce John’s romance with Lorraine Barkley who left him for lawyer Henry Armstrong. Enraged by Adrienne's treachery, Warren goes to her apartment and kills her. Dean arrives after Warren has fled and is arrested for the murder. Believing that Dean is innocent, Lorraine persuades Armstrong to defend him. After a last-minute confession by John is cleared.
Director
Harley Knoles
Writer
Frances Marion
Languages
No Language
Studio
Peerless Productions
Cast
Carlyle Blackwell
John Dean
June Elvidge
Adrienne Van Couver
Arthur Ashley
Robert Warren
Evelyn Greeley
Lorrainne Barkely
George MacQuarrie
Henry Armstrong
Muriel Ostriche
Isabel Berwin
Mrs. Stephen Barkley
Eugenie Woodward
Mrs. Dean
Edna Whistler
Madame Melvina
Production
Company
Peerless Productions
Company
World Film
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