Jaffery

Jul 15, 1916

1h 0m

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Overview

Jaffery Chayne is the spectacular one of four chums, the others being Hilary Freeth, a literary man, Adrian Boldero, a short story writer, and Tom Castleton, a playwright. The story opens with Tom Castleton going on a voyage for his health and leaving with his friend, Adrian, the manuscript of the first novel he ever attempted. Shortly after Castleton's trip, he dies at sea and when word is received by Adrian of his friend's death, the temptation to secure the girl he loves by publishing his friend's novel and taking the money and credit from it is so strong that he succumbs and becomes the "literary lion of the hour."

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

The Frohman Amusement Corp.

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Cast

Jaffery

C. Aubrey Smith

Doria

Eleanor Woodruff

Liosha

Florence Deshon

Hillary

Eric Blind

Adrian Boldero

Paul Doucet

Fendshook

Ben Hendricks Sr.

Barbara

Doris Sawyer

George Irving

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