Sudden Riches
Cast & Crew
Emile Chautard
Robert Warwick
Gerda Holmes
Clara Whipple
Madge Evans
E. Devarney
Film Details
Synopsis
Although he is a successful architect, devoted family man Robert Crewe does not earn enough to cover the expenses of his wife Marion and daughter Emily. Unknown to him, his Uncle Abner wants to ruin him because Robert's father stole Abner's fiancée, who died in childbirth after their marriage. Abner hires a beautiful seductress to break up Robert's happy home, but she is unsuccessful. Abner, who dies prematurely, leaves Robert his fortune, hoping that it finally will lead to Robert's downfall. As Robert and Marion drift apart, Emily is left in the hands of an uncaring nurse and cries herself to sleep each night. Robert has an affair with a Broadway actress and Marion becomes romantically involved with a prominent sculptor. Robert squanders his inheritance and involves himself in highly speculative business investments until, threatened with Emily's death, he and Marion finally decide to change their lives and bring the family back together once again.
Director
Emile Chautard
Cast
Robert Warwick
Gerda Holmes
Clara Whipple
Madge Evans
E. Devarney
Lillian Cook
H. Davies
Jeannette Horton
Film Details
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Notes
According to the copyright entry, Clara S. Beranger was the scenarist of this film and E. Richard Schayer, the author of the story. All other sources, however, list Schayer as sole writer. Some reviews describe the film as a five-reeler.
