''The Serpent's Tooth'' is a 1917 American silent drama film starring

Gail Kane Gail Kane (born Abigail Kane; July 10, 1885 – February 17, 1966) was an American stage and silent movie actress. Early years Kane was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She attended a private school in Newburgh, New York, but eschewed addi ...

from the stage and released through the

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company. It is a

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Cast

as Faith Channing *

William Conklin William Conklin (December 25, 1872 – March 21, 1935) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 80 silent films between 1913 and 1929. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Hollywood, California. Partial filmography * ''Ariz ...

as James Winthrop * Edward Peil, Sr. as Jack Stilling * Jane Pascal as Hortense Filliard *

Frederick Vroom Frederick Vroom (11 November 1857 – 24 June 1942) was a Canadian actor of the silent film era. Vroom appeared in more than 70 films between 1912 and 1939, mostly in supporting roles and bit parts. He played featured roles in Buster Keaton' ...

as Matthew Addison-Brown * Mary Wise as Mrs. Addison-Brown (Mary Lee Wise) * Charles P. Kellogg as Carrington *

Gayne Whitman Gayne Whitman (born Alfred D. Vosburgh; March 19, 1890 – August 31, 1958) was an American radio and film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1904 and 1957. In some early films he was credited under his birth name. He was born ...

as Sid Lennox (* as Al Vosburgh)

Reception

Like many American films of the time, ''The Serpent's Tooth'' was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors, because of the plot involving drug use, gave the film an "adults only" permit and required cuts in Reel 1 of the first view of a woman in a low cut gown and two closer views of the same; in Reel 3 of the intertitle "You make her use it. Its grounds for divorce in this state." and the shot of man putting drug into the woman's medicine; in Reel 4 of the intertitle "You say you couldn't get any more. I have been more successful."; and in Reel 5 of the intertitles "Your damned lover is a liar." and "It's the drug that loves you - the drug I've fed her night and day," and the scene of the choking of the wife and knocking her down.

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* * * 1917 films American silent feature films Lost American drama films 1917 drama films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films American Film Company films 1917 lost films Films directed by Rollin S. Sturgeon 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub