''The Accomplice'' is a 1917 American
silent drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by Ralph Dean and starring
Dorothy Bernard
Nora Dorothy Bernard (June 25, 1890 – December 15, 1955) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in nearly 90 films between 1908 and 1956.
Biography
She was born Nora Dorothy Bernard in Port Elizabeth, British Cape Colon ...
,
Jack Sherrill and
Jean Stuart.
[Nash & Ross p.317]
Plot
Spoiled and lonely daughter of a wealthy Wall Street entrepreneur, Katherine Harcourt, wanders into the Tango Tea Set and meets the charismatic Antonio, a professional dancer. Infatuated, Katherine follows Antonio to his hotel room but, at the last moment, rejects his advances and leaves at the point of a knife. Later that night, Pepita, Antonio's lover, is found murdered and Antonio is arrested.
As his alibi, Antonio claims that he was with Katherine. To save the Harcourt name from scandal, Miriam Collins, the sweetheart of Dick Harcourt, Katherine's brother, says that she, not Katherine, was in Antonio's room. Although Miriam's gesture is an attempt to improve her image with Dick's father, who thinks that she is too poor for his son, it soon backfires and Dick breaks off their engagement.
Guilt-ridden, Katherine finally confesses to knowing Antonio, clearing both her own and Miriam's name. With the blessing of Mr. Harcourt, Miriam and Dick reunite.
Cast
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Dorothy Bernard
Nora Dorothy Bernard (June 25, 1890 – December 15, 1955) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in nearly 90 films between 1908 and 1956.
Biography
She was born Nora Dorothy Bernard in Port Elizabeth, British Cape Colon ...
as Katherine Harcourt
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Jack Sherrill as Dick Harcourt
* W.J. Brady as Honorable Nicholas Harcourt
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Joseph Granby
Joseph Granby (March 24, 1885 – September 22, 1965) was an American film actor whose career spanned from 1915 to the 1960s.
Born in Boston he started in movies in 1915, mostly shorts, acting for Universal, its predecessor Independent Motion Pi ...
as Antonio
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Jean Stuart as Pepita
* Florence Hamilton as Miriam Collins
* John A. Milton as Inspector
* Tom Ward as Jose
References
Bibliography
* Jay Robert Nash & Stanley Ralph Ross. ''The Motion Picture Guide, Volume 10''. Cinebooks, 1985.
External links
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1917 films
1917 drama films
1910s English-language films
American silent feature films
Silent American drama films
American black-and-white films
1910s American films
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