Smiling Hate


1924

Film Details

Release Date
Jan 1924
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Superior Art Motion Pictures, Inc.
Country
United States

Synopsis

When nefarious highgrading activity threatens to ruin his gold mine, wealthy Warren Headley sends William Bane, the fiancé of his daughter Aline, to find out who is behind the theft. Headley's son Bob, an artist who has shown no interest in his father's business, agrees to accompany William. Bob falls in love with a canteen girl, Ruth Wine, though his family is upset that her past is a mystery. A deformed individual known as "Smiling Hate" helps Bob in his investigations. After a number of adventures, William, attracted to Ruth, attacks her. She is found and carried to the Headley residence, where William's stickpin, which had become lodged in her hair during their struggle, identifies him as the culprit. Outraged, Bob finds William and fights him. Smiling Hate, actually James Randall, an old college friend of Bob's, whose own mine had earlier been ruined by highgraders, reveals that he has been posing as a deformed man. He and Bob obtain evidence that William is the leader of the highgraders.

Film Details

Release Date
Jan 1924
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Superior Art Motion Pictures, Inc.
Country
United States

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Superior Art Motion Pictures, Inc. was located in Philadelphia, PA. It was earlier known as Superior Art Productions Co., and had been located in Houston, TX