When Husbands Deceive

Aug 20, 1922

1h 6m

★ 0.0

Overview

Viola Baxter is deceived into a hasty marriage with her guardian, Marshall Welch, who is after her money and has framed her fiancé, Dick Fletcher, for theft. She discovers and exposes her husband's perfidy. Humiliated, Welch decides to take his wife's life along with his own, but she is saved by her Great Dane.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Arthur F. Beck Serial Productions

When Husbands Deceive Trailers

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Cast

Viola Baxter

Leah Baird

Marshall Walsh

William Conklin

Richard Fletcher

Jack Mower

Lulu Singleton

Eulalie Jensen

Andrew Singleton

John Cossar

Lulu Singleton

Katharine Lewis

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