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  • A Social Outcast (1916)
  • Short | Short, Drama
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A Social Outcast (1916)
Short | Short, Drama

Blair, a young lawyer, has landed the nomination for the office of district attorney. Frederick Monsey, his political opponent and an unscrupulous politician, resolves to bring sinister influence to hear to discredit Blair. One day Blair ...See moreBlair, a young lawyer, has landed the nomination for the office of district attorney. Frederick Monsey, his political opponent and an unscrupulous politician, resolves to bring sinister influence to hear to discredit Blair. One day Blair saves Mary from the clutches of Jim Henderson, her lover, who is beating her up because she could not give him all the money he asked of her. Finding the girl in a pitiable condition, he sends her to his home with instructions for Mrs. Doolins, his housekeeper, to take care of her. The girl recovers and Blair is about to assist her in one way or another when Jim appears, claims her as his wife and confronts the two. Blair discovers that they have never been married, and deciding to save Mary, he ousts Jim from his home. Jim reveals the situation to Monsey and his associates, but in a light which makes it appear that Blair is lodging, for immoral purposes, somebody else's wife at his home. The newspapers give prominence to the affair and before there is any possibility to clear up matters Blair's reputation is ruined. Stella Dally, his sweetheart, returns him his ring. Mary is beginning to comprehend that she is bringing about the ruin of the man she loves. She decides to leave his house, but when she reveals to him her intention he commands her to stay. Due to the extreme bitterness of his soul there arises in him an uncontrollable craving to cast aside conventionalities and act in a way calculated to prove to the world how little he cared for its good will. As a result he marries Mary. She is his wife, but only in name. In his hatred of humanity he hates her, too. He allows her to do very much as she pleases, while he spends his time behind closed doors, writing a book which is an indictment of humanity. Mary turns out to be fully equal to the situation. Instead of claiming the full rights of her position and squandering the money of which she has lavish control, she dispenses charity in the slums. One day Blair has occasion to watch her at her Samaritan labor. He gradually is beginning to realize that out of the debris of his past there gleams before him a diamond of the purest quality. He never finishes his book. The time comes when his reputation is re-established and Dick Cropsey, his former political manager, offers him the nomination for the office for which he was once so ignominiously defeated. He refuses it, answering that he has been appointed to a more congenial office, the office of husband and parent, for his wife has recently presented him with a bouncing son and heir. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Ben F. Wilson (as Ben Wilson)
Writer
Samuel Greiner (scenario)
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Updated Mar 26, 1916

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Mar 26, 1916 (United States)

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6 cast members
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Ben F. Wilson
Benjamin Blair (as Ben Wilson) Benjamin Blair (as Ben Wilson)   See fewer
Charles Ogle
Frederick Monsey Frederick Monsey   See fewer
Joseph W. Girard
Jim Henderson Jim Henderson   See fewer
Jack Newton
Dick Cropsey Dick Cropsey   See fewer
Mathilde Brundage
Mrs. Dooling (as Mrs. J.H. Brundage) Mrs. Dooling (as Mrs. J.H. Brundage)   See fewer
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