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The Discard (1916)
Drama

The Discard (1916)

Drama

Doris Wynne, at boarding school in France, is hardly acquainted with her mother, most of the dealings between them handled by a firm of lawyers. So when she falls in love with the brother of a schoolmate, she obtains her mother's consent ...See moreDoris Wynne, at boarding school in France, is hardly acquainted with her mother, most of the dealings between them handled by a firm of lawyers. So when she falls in love with the brother of a schoolmate, she obtains her mother's consent through the attorneys. Alys Wynne's reasons for seeing so little of her daughter are that she is the companion in crime of "Python" Grant, international swindler. Having ruined a young nobleman and causing him to commit suicide, the pair escape to America. Doris, the daughter, in the meantime, is happily married to Keith Bourne, a young American. An uncle leaves him a million dollars and they decide to return to the United States. Grant and Alys discover Keith and cultivate him. That he is the husband of Doris is unknown to the mother, who is still young and beautiful herself. Grant pretends to abuse his wife and Keith comforts her. A suit for alienation of affection is the result. Bourne settles for $40,000 rather than have his young wife misunderstand him. But the swindlers try the "Follow-up" and when Keith refuses to be led further they telephone his wife and tell her the story. Through the attorneys she asks her mother to come to her. Alys goes and hears the story. She is thunderstruck to learn that her victim is the husband of her daughter. She advises the younger woman to believe in her husband and disappears. She tells the police where to find Python" Grant and next day the happy couple read in the paper that the woman accomplice of the swindler was found dead. It means nothing to them. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Virginia Hammond Alys Wynne Alys Wynne See fewer	Chandu the Magician (1932)
Ernest Maupain 'Python' Grant 'Python' Grant See fewer	Sherlock Holmes (1916)
Harry Beaumont Keith Bourne Keith Bourne See fewer	The Broadway Melody (1929)
Betty Brown Doris Wynne Doris Wynne See fewer	Our Relations (1936)
Charles J. Stine J.F. Smike J.F. Smike See fewer	Vultures of Society (1916)
Patrick Calhoun Duc de Besvrai Duc de Besvrai See fewer	On Trial (1917)
Gertrude Glover Ysabel Maxwell Ysabel Maxwell See fewer	The Chaperon (1916)