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The Two Edged Sword

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The Two Edged Sword
Directed byGeorge D. Baker
Screenplay byLillian Case Russell
Eugene V. Webster
StarringEdith Storey
CinematographyJoseph Shelderfer
Release date
  • March 20, 1916 (1916-03-20) (USA)
LanguageSilent (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

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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

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Production

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

References

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  1. ^ "10 May 1916, Page 1 - The Daily Republican at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  2. ^ "14 Apr 1916, Page 9 - Asheville Citizen-Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  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 2019-03-30.