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The Door Between
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Rupert Julian

Cast: Ruth Clifford [Heloise Crocker], Monroe Salisbury [Anthony Ives Eckhart], George A. McDaniels [Archibald Crocker], W.H. Bainbridge [Sir Robert], [?] Yvette Mitchell?

Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, production; distributed by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, through The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Elliott J. Clawson, from the novel Anthony the Absolute by Samuel Merwin. / © 20 November 1917 by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated [LP11735]. Released [?] 18 November or 10 December? 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Romance.

Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Anthony Eckhart, a student of Oriental music, meets Crocker in a Geisha house where he extricates the intoxicated man from the results of an attack upon a waiter. Crocker explains that his wife has left him and there is only drink left. Anthony discovers a woman with marvelous voice at the hotel and falls in love with her before he finds that she is Crocker’s wife. He confesses to Crocker and offers to leave if Crocker will leave her alone. Crocker promises an answer, but comes to kill his wife. Anthony prevents him and at last Crocker proves a man.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Marriages

Listing updated: 17 October 2023.

References: Edmonds-BigU p. 92; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 26 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb; Website-IMDb.

 
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