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  • The Price of Fame (1916)
  • 50 min | Drama
The Price of Fame (1916)
50 min | Drama

They were twins, and the passing years had in the sifting melting-pot of life. William looms brilliantly, a success, while John is deep in the discouraging shadows, a failure. Another span of fleeting years, and William attains the summit ...See moreThey were twins, and the passing years had in the sifting melting-pot of life. William looms brilliantly, a success, while John is deep in the discouraging shadows, a failure. Another span of fleeting years, and William attains the summit of a meteoric career; he is a candidate for the United States Senate. John (under an assumed name so that his brother is spared the relationship of the black sheep) holds a modest newspaper position in the same city where William's campaign is centered. William falls sick and John, taking advantage of their resemblance, addresses an important meeting and sweeps the audience into frenzied enthusiasm. Sensing in John that which she has always missed in William, the latter's sweetheart confesses her love, thinking, of course, that she is speaking to William. Soon John finds himself facing the fact that he loves his brother's sweetheart. Fate's law is Heaven's justice; William is found dead by John, and what would have been his brother's now becomes John's, as a reward to his genius. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Nov 13, 1916

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Nov 13, 1916 (United States)

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Marc McDermott
John Thatcher / William Thatcher John Thatcher / William Thatcher   See fewer
Naomi Childers
Constance Preston Constance Preston   See fewer
Logan Paul
Mr. Thatcher Mr. Thatcher   See fewer
Mary Maurice
Mrs. Thatcher Mrs. Thatcher   See fewer
Philip Quinn
Butler (as Mr. Quinn) Butler (as Mr. Quinn)   See fewer
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