''Double Trouble'' is a 1915 American silent

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film written and directed by Christy Cabanne, produced by

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, and starring

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in one of his earliest motion pictures. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Herbert Quick. The plot, a variant on the theme of Jekyll and Hyde, revolves around a very shy, "effeminate" banker who acquires a second, rakish and flirtatious personality after receiving a blow on the head. The film was a popular and critical success. A print of the film is held by the Cohen Media Group.''Double Trouble'' at silentera.com
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Plot summary

Cast

- Florian Amidon/Eugene Brassfield * Margery Wilson - Elizabeth Waldron * Richard Cummings - Judge Blodgett * Olga Grey - Madame Leclaire *

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- Daisy "Strawberry" Scarlett * Monroe Salisbury - Hotel Clerk * William Lowery - Brassfield's Political Opponent *

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- Brassfield's Heavy * Kate Toncray - Wife of Brassfield's Political Opponent *

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- Mrs. Waldron

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still photograph, imagery from the film
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