The Devil's Signature

Sep 11, 1914

0h 20m

★ 0.0

Overview

Ethel Vandiver and her friend, Marie Le Farve, arrive at the former's country home. Ethel's father objects to her seeing Douglas, whom he thinks is a sweetheart. But, unknown to her parent, Ethel has married Douglas a year before. The day on which she arrives she receives a letter from her husband stating that he would rather see her dead than be separated from her any longer. A few hours later Marie is found dead in Ethel's room.

Genres

Horror

Crime

Mystery

Production Companies

The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company

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Cast

Douglas

Bryant Washburn

Ethen Vandiver

Beverly Bayne

Ethel's Father

Thomas Commerford

William Sandford

Richard Travers

Marie Le Farve

Betty Brown

Detective Huff

Frank Dayton

Gardener Craven

Charles Hitchcock

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