Betrayed by a Handprint (1908)

1908 · Silent film · 10 min · dir. D.W. Griffith

• Drama

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Synopsis

Mrs. Wharton, a dashing widow, gives a party at her beautiful villa in honor of the presentation to her of a handsome diamond necklace by her fiancé. During the evening bridge participated in by a number of the guests, among whom is Myrtle Vane. Miss Vane is playing in wretched luck, and is advised several times by Mrs. Wharton to desist, but she still plays on in the vain hopes of the tide of fortune turning, until at last, in the extreme of desperation, she stakes her all and loses. Shame and…

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Details

Director

D.W. Griffith

Writer

D.W. Griffith

Studio

American Mutoscope and Biograph Company

Released

1908-09-01

Running time

10 minutes

Cast & crew

• D.W. Griffith Director
• Florence Lawrence
• Harry Solter
• Linda Arvidson
• Kate Bruce
• Gene Gauntier
• George Gebhardt
• Mack Sennett

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