The Social Leper

50min

Drama

Crime

A clairvoyant warns divorcée Adrienne Van Couver to beware of Robert Warren, whom she has spurned. The warning comes true after Adrienne's ex-husband, John Dean, meets Warren, an old friend, and tells him the story of his marriage to Adrienne. He tells how her frivolity and malice caused both the death of their only child, and after their divorce John’s romance with Lorraine Barkley who left him for lawyer Henry Armstrong. Enraged by Adrienne's treachery, Warren goes to her apartment and kills her. Dean arrives after Warren has fled and is arrested for the murder. Believing that Dean is innocent, Lorraine persuades Armstrong to defend him. After a last-minute confession by John is cleared.

Production Companies

Peerless Productions

World Film

Cast

June Elvidge

June Elvidge

Adrienne Van Couver
Arthur Ashley

Arthur Ashley

Robert Warren
Evelyn Greeley

Evelyn Greeley

Lorrainne Barkely
George MacQuarrie

George MacQuarrie

Henry Armstrong
Isabel Berwin

Isabel Berwin

Mrs. Stephen Barkley
Edna Whistler

Edna Whistler

Madame Melvina

Release date

19th Mar 1917

Status

Released

Spoken languages

No Language