The Cheat (1915)

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Directed by

Cecil B. DeMille

Starring

Fannie Ward
Edith Hardy

Sessue Hayakawa
Hishuru Tori

Raymond Hatton
Courtroom Spectator

Lucien Littlefield
Hardy's Secretary

Written by

Hector Turnbull
(scenario) and

Jeanie Macpherson
(scenario)

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8 years, 9 months ago at Aug 20 17:29

Kenji

1 vote

One of the BFI's 360 Classics selection, regarded by many as De Mille's finest, and it's not hard to see why. By turns light and elegant, dark and suspenseful, then gripping and dynamic, it's a well made film, with inventive lighting. Just a pity the smooth dastardly villain trying to take advantage of a frivolously extravagant married woman has to be Japanese (converted to Burmese in intertitles ... read more

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3 years, 8 months ago at Sep 29 16:35

fernando

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Irresistible two faced cynicial morbo De Mille. Hayakawa is pure clisé of the eroticized stranger. Surprising narration for 1915 standards

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A venal, spoiled stockbroker's wife impulsively embezzles $10,000 from the charity she chairs and desperately turns to a Burmese ivory trader to replace the stolen money.

Release date: 13 December 1915

Tags: Silent (2), 1915 (2), Drama (1), 1910s (1)

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"25.1. Ensimmäisiä todella suuria Hollywood-klassikoita. Sessue Hayakawasta tuli tämän myötä ensimmäinen kansainvälisen tason japanilainen seksisymboli ja supertähti."

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“Irresistible two faced cynicial morbo De Mille. Hayakawa is pure clisé of the eroticized stranger. Surprising narration for 1915 standards” read more

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