Should She Obey?
Cast & Crew
George A. Siegmann
George A. Siegmann
Norbert Myles
Gene Genung
J. Webster Dill
Billie West
Film Details
Synopsis
Inspired by his wife Lorna, shiftless William Gordon discovers a welding process worth millions and becomes president of a large corporation. Henry Blake, a friend of Gordon's from his indolent days, is forced to marry when his girl friend Mamie gives birth to a daughter, who is sent to live in a convent. Becoming infatuated with actress Marie Gibson, Gordon leaves Lorna and his son William, Jr. and promises to install Marie in society. After the dance hall that he is running is raided, Blake blackmails Gordon with the threat of exposing his illicit affair. With the extortion money, Blake deserts Mamie and opens up his own dance hall where he employs his daughter to entertain the idle rich. Meanwhile, both Mamie and Lorna have obtained divorces in Reno and are living together when they learn that Blake intends to force his daughter to marry a wealthy man. Together the women rescue the girl and justice is served when society refuses to sanction Gordon's remarriage to Marie and the pair are driven by ostracism to Europe.
Director
George A. Siegmann
Cast
George A. Siegmann
Norbert Myles
Gene Genung
J. Webster Dill
Billie West
Andrew Arbuckle
Alice Wilson
James Harrison
Robert Lawlor
Herbert Sutch
Laura Winston
Margaret Mcquarrie
Crew
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Notes
This film was made with the cooperation of the Nevada Legislature and the support of Lieut. Governor Barrett O'Hara of Illinois, a reformer who pronounced that divorce was a "legalized crime." The film had its premiere in Chicago on May 6, 1917. The Arizona Film Co. was located in Chicago.
