The Devil at His Elbow
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Burton L. King
Director
Clifford Bruce
John Ashton
Dorothy Green
Meg
J. K. Roberts
Robert Gray
Frank Mcdonald
Andrew Sealey
Mary Sandway
Grace Sealey
Film Details
Release Date
Jul
31,
1916
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Popular Plays and Players, Inc.
Distribution Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels
Synopsis
Engineer John Ashton is preparing a new submarine for the government, but has only a few days left to complete it. Thinking it will help him stay alert, he starts drinking, even though his fiancée, Grace Sealey, urges against it. After days of drinking and no rest, John finally falls asleep and dreams that Grace has broken off the engagement because of his drunkenness, that he has been shanghaied by a freighter captain and that he has married Meg, a prostitute. Then John completes the submarine, but it sinks at its launching. He blames Meg, because she had kept him drunk, thinking that he only loved her when he was intoxicated. Just as he is about to kill her, John wakes up, swears off whiskey forever and marries Grace immediately.
Director
Burton L. King
Director
Cast
Clifford Bruce
John Ashton
Dorothy Green
Meg
J. K. Roberts
Robert Gray
Frank Mcdonald
Andrew Sealey
Mary Sandway
Grace Sealey
Adolphe Menjou
Wilfred Carleton
Edward Martindel
Franklin Darrow
Film Details
Release Date
Jul
31,
1916
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Popular Plays and Players, Inc.
Distribution Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels
