Name: The Pawn of Fate
Released: 1916
Cast: George Beban, Doris Kenyon, Charles W. Charles, John Davidson, John Hines

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Release Date

Feb 28, 1916

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Shubert Film Corp.

Distribution Company

World Film Corp.

Country

United States

Synopsis

While slumming in Normandy, Andre Lesar, a Parisian dilettante, develops an interest in Marcine Dufrene and so convinces her husband Pierre that if he moves to Paris, he can become a great artist. Then, while Pierre preoccupies himself with still life, Andre goes after Marcine, although he takes time out from his pursuit to arrange a showing of Pierre's work. Parisian high society laughs uproariously at the amateurish paintings, and Pierre, suddenly aware that he has been made the butt of a joke, vows revenge. When he catches Marcine and Andre together, Pierre disbelieves his wife when she truthfully claims to have resisted Andre's advances, and he attacks his ex-benefactor. Leaving him for dead, Pierre then tries to drown himself. The police stop him, however, after which a recovered, repentant Andre apologizes, and Pierre and Marcine are reconciled.