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Title:The Unfortunate Marriage


Date: 1917
Type: Drama
Rating: 3 Stars3/5
Colour: Yes
Director: Ernest C Warde
Producer: Edwin Thanhouser

Comment
A young woman is cheated out of her inheritance by being married off to a man who is only interested in her money.Things get more complicated with the arrival of another girl who looks just liike her but has escaped from an asylum, but fortunately she has a friend who is looking out for her. This is a good early attempt to bring what is a complex and convoluted story to the screen. I followed the plot better the second time I watched it, having read the book in between. Given the nature of the book, it would always be difficult to bring the story to a silent film running at only just over an hour. This was one of Florence la Badie's last films.

Actors

Florence La BadieFlorence La Badie
Gertrude Dallas
Richard Neill
Arthur Bauer

Oscars

None
Novel

The Woman In White by Wilkie Collins