A Square Deal


1917

Film Details

Also Known As
The Parasites
Release Date
Feb 19, 1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
World Film Corp.; Peerless
Distribution Company
World Film Corp.
Country
United States

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

Synopsis

When writer Mark Dunbar attains success in the literary world, he soon drifts away from his closest friends, Doris Golden, a newspaper reporter, and Hugh Eltinge, an artist. Upon meeting fortune hunter Ruby Trailes, Mark is captivated by her and fails to see her shallowness. Once they are married, Ruby begins to make extravagant expenditures and makes Mark's life miserable, accusing him of infidelity with his old friend Doris. Hugh, who loves Doris himself, plans to set Mark free from his unhappy marriage by posing as a millionaire. He soon wins Ruby's fickle admiration, and after discovering his friend and his wife in a compromising position Mark obtains a divorce. Mark condemns his friend at first, but recants when he later learns to what lengths Hugh has gone to restore him to the woman he really loves.

Film Details

Also Known As
The Parasites
Release Date
Feb 19, 1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
World Film Corp.; Peerless
Distribution Company
World Film Corp.
Country
United States

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

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Notes

The working title of this film was The Parasites.