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and Frederic Hatton. ''The Wolf Man'' is now considered lost.

Plot

Gerald Stanley (John Gilbert) is an English gentleman who is engaged to Beatrice Joyce (Alma Frances). Stanley's personality changes whenever he drinks, and his brother (who also loves Beatrice) uses this to his advantage. After Stanley's latest blackout, his brother informs him that Stanley killed Beatrice's brother. The horrified Stanley flees from England and goes to live in Quebec. Once sober, Stanley stays away from liquor until he receives word that Beatrice has married his brother. The news sends him on a drinking spree and once again he turns beastly. In a saloon he gets in a fight and kidnaps Elizabeth Gordon (Norma Shearer), a respectable young girl who has wandered off from her father during a trip through the woods. Stanley takes Elizabeth to his shack, where he tries to force himself on her. His pursuers are closing in so he leaps in a canoe for a wild ride down the rapids. This sobers him up and, mortified by his actions, he apologizes profusely to Elizabeth. When she sees the real Stanley, she falls in love with him, and later on he receives word that Beatrice's brother was never killed.

Cast

* John Gilbert as Gerald Stanley * Norma Shearer as Elizabeth Gordon *

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as Beatrice Joyce * George Barraud as Lord Rothstein * Eugene Pallette as Pierre * Edgar Norton as Sir Reginald Stackpoole *

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as Caulkins * Max Montisole as Phil Joyce * Charles Wellesley as Sam Gordon * Richard Blaydon as Lt. Esmond * D.R.O. Hatswell as Lord St. Cleve * Mary Warren as English barmaid * Ebba Mona as Ballet girl

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* * * 1924 films 1924 drama films Fox Film films Silent American drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Lost American films Films directed by Edmund Mortimer Films set in England 1924 lost films Lost drama films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub

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