| Description |
1 online resource (59 min.) |
| 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) |
| Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed December 11, 2017) |
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Based on a novel by Hector Turnbull |
| Cast |
Fannie Ward (Edith Hardy); Sessue Hayakawa (Hishuru Tori); Jack Dean (Dick Hardy) |
| Notes |
Silent, with English intertitles and musical accompaniment |
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Won 1993 National Film Preservation Board, National Film Registry |
| Subject |
Gambling -- Drama
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Compulsive gamblers -- Drama
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Asians -- Drama
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Asians.
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Compulsive gamblers.
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Gambling.
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| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Silent films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Silent films.
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Films de fiction.
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Films muets.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959, director, producer.
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Lasky, Jesse L., 1880-1958, presenter.
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Flicker Alley (Firm), distributor.
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Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, production company.
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