The Social Leper
The Social Leper

The Social Leper

March 19, 1917 | 50 min

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.

Genres

Drama Crime

Cast

Naomi Scott

Carlyle Blackwell

Naomi Scott

June Elvidge

Naomi Scott

Evelyn Greeley

Naomi Scott

George MacQuarrie

Naomi Scott

Muriel Ostriche

Naomi Scott

Isabel Berwin

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