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The Fatal Card (1915)

The Fatal Card poster
Directed by
James Kirkwood
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Rated
NR
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman faces a moral crisis when a secret from her past threatens her marriage. The story follows the consequences of a fateful decision that puts her future at risk.

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What happens

The Fatal Card is a 1915 American drama silent film directed by James Kirkwood, Sr., adapted from the 1884 London play of the same name by Charles Haddon Chambers and B. C. Stephenson. The film stars John Mason, Hazel Dawn, Russell Bassett, Helen Weir, David Powell and William J. Ferguson. The film was released on September 30, 1915, by Paramount Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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