The Eye of Envy
Cast & Crew
Harrish Ingraham
Crane Wilbur
Jode Mullally
Gene Crosby
F. A. Thompson
Julia Jackson
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Synopsis
At the crook of a road leading to Success is the little hamlet of Sleepy Hollow where everyone sleeps as time rolls on. In Sleepy Hollow dwells a young blacksmith who, when not happily making horseshoes, is courting a village maiden. One day, the regular road is closed for repairs, and the detour forces traffic to pass through Sleepy Hollow on the way to Success. Passing through the town is Avarice and his beautiful bride Innocence who bestir the envy of the blacksmith. Following them along the road to Success, the smithy encounters a wishing tree which enables him to switch bodies with Avarice. Transformed for the worse, the smithy realizes his mistake too late and is killed. He then awakens from his nightmare, realizes that money and power are superficial values, and returns to his peaceful life and the maiden in Sleepy Hollow.
Cast
Crane Wilbur
Jode Mullally
Gene Crosby
F. A. Thompson
Julia Jackson
Lillian Webster
Edgar Sherrod
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The film is also known as Eye of Envy. It was intended as the third in the series of pictures entitled The Morals of Men, though Horsley ceased to use the series title when Art Dramas took over distribution of the series from Mutual in July 1917. The film was originally scheduled for release on May 14, 1917 through Mutual, but it is unlikely that it was released at that time. Some contemporary sources list the release date as July 30, 1917 instead of August 10, 1917. Contemporary reviews list Ingraham as director and Dunbar as story writer, but a pre-release news item states that Wilbur and Ingraham were co-directors and that Wilbur wrote the story. Another pre-release story credits Lorimer Johnson with the film's direction, but this is probably an error.
