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The cheat / Jesse L. Lasky presents ; produced by Cecil B. DeMille ; a Famous Players-Lasky production.
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- Video
- Language:
- English
- No linguistic content
- Subjects (All):
- Gambling--Drama.
- Gambling.
- Asians.
- Compulsive gamblers.
- Compulsive gamblers--Drama.
- Asians--Drama.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Silent films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (59 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles, CA : Flicker Alley, 2000.
- Language Note:
- Silent, with English intertitles and musical accompaniment.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- The Cheat establishes the familiar DeMille narrative formula wherein a wayward wife's impulsive indiscretions propel her into public scandal, private shame, and marital turmoil. Gambling away the Red Cross funds she has been entrusted with, the social-climbing Edith Hardy (Fannie Ward) must turn to Arakau, an Asian ivory trader (Sessue Hayakawa) to cover the loss and save her reputation. But by accepting the loan, Edith has become Arakau's property, signified by a brand he burns into her naked back. In a state of hysteria, Edith shoots her captor, a crime that is pinned on her husband, Richard (Jack Dean).
- Participant:
- Fannie Ward (Edith Hardy); Sessue Hayakawa (Hishuru Tori); Jack Dean (Dick Hardy).
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed December 11, 2017).
- Based on a novel by Hector Turnbull.
- Won 1993 National Film Preservation Board, National Film Registry
- OCLC:
- 1022759991
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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