Jury of Fate (1917)
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Synopsis of Jury of Fate
Filmed on location at Saranac Lake and the St. Lawrence River in New York State, The Jury of Fate starred Mabel Taliaferro in the dual role of the Labordie twins, Jeanne (a girl) and Jacques (a boy). Jeanne grows up resigned to the fact that Jacques is her father's favorite child. Thus, when Jacques accidentally drowns, Jeanne cuts her hair short and assumes her brother's identity. While this rash act prevents Jeanne's father from suffering a fatal heart attack, it throws the girl's boyfriend Donald (William Sherwood) into despair; after all, if "Jacques" is still alive, then Jeanne would have to be the drowned twin. The hero and heroine are not reunited until the very end of the picture, by which time Jeanne has become the unwitting cause of the deaths of two men -- who, fortunately for the purposes of the plot, are the villains of the piece. The Jury of Fate contained many of the bizarre, surrealistic elements that would soon become de rigueur in the films of director Tod Browning. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Jury of Fate
- Mabel Taliaferro - Jeanne Labordie/Jacques Labordie
- Frank Bennett - Francois Leblanc
- Albert Tavernier - Henri Labordie
- H.F. Webber - Duval Hebert
- William Sherwood - Donald Duncan
- Charles A. Fang - Ching
- Bradley Barker - Louis Hebert
- Director(s):
- Tod Browning
- Writer(s):
- June Mathis
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