''The Fatal Card'' is a 1915 American
drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...
silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...
directed by
James Kirkwood, Sr., adapted from the 1884 London play of the same name by
Charles Haddon Chambers
Charles Haddon Spurgeon Chambers (22 April 1860 – 28 March 1921) was an Australia-born dramatist, active in England.
Early life
Chambers was born in Petersham, Sydney, the son of John Ritchie Chambers, who had a good position in the New South ...
and
B. C. Stephenson. The film stars John Mason,
Hazel Dawn
Hazel Dawn (born Henrietta Hazel Tout; March 23, 1890 – August 28, 1988) was an American stage, film and television actress, and violinist. She was born to a Mormon family in Utah, and studied music in Europe where her father was a missionary. ...
,
Russell Bassett
Russell Bassett (October 24, 1845 – May 8, 1918) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in 76 silent films between 1911 and 1918.
Bassett was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but he moved to Oakland, California at age 3 when his ...
, Helen Weir,
David Powell and William J. Ferguson. The film was released on September 30, 1915, by
Paramount Pictures
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.
Plot
Cast
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John B. Mason as George Forrester
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Hazel Dawn
Hazel Dawn (born Henrietta Hazel Tout; March 23, 1890 – August 28, 1988) was an American stage, film and television actress, and violinist. She was born to a Mormon family in Utah, and studied music in Europe where her father was a missionary. ...
as Margaret Marrable
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Russell Bassett
Russell Bassett (October 24, 1845 – May 8, 1918) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in 76 silent films between 1911 and 1918.
Bassett was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but he moved to Oakland, California at age 3 when his ...
as A.K. Austen
*Helen Weir as Cecile
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David Powell as Gerald Austen
*William J. Ferguson as Jim Dixon
References
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1915 films
1910s English-language films
Silent American drama films
1915 drama films
Paramount Pictures films
Films directed by James Kirkwood Sr.
American black-and-white films
American silent feature films
1910s American films
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