Someone Must Pay

Sep 28, 1919

1h 0m

★ 0.0

TO PROVE A STRIKING FACT IS THE OBJECT OF THIS PLAY-THAT FOR EVERY INDESCRETION "SOMEONE MUST PAY."

Overview

Broker Henry Taylor is furious at the attention his wife Regina receives from Charles Bryant, an elderly bachelor. When he comes home one night and finds Regina in Bryant's arms, he orders him to leave. Bryant obliges, but he doesn't go away -- when the Taylors' daughter, Vivian, has a birthday, Bryant gives her a Shetland pony.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Graphic Films Corporation

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Cast

Regina Taylor

Gail Kane

Charles Bryant

Edmund Breese

Sylvia Adams

Jackie Saunders

Henry Taylor

Hugh Thompson

Vivian Taylor

Dorothy Arnold

Marshall Taylor

Jere Austin

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