Film

Writing on the Wall

1916 · 50m · Drama

Irving Lawrence owns some of the most decrepit tenements in town and is an all-around bad guy. He won't cooperate with the efforts of his wife, Barbara, to help the poor and sees other women behind her back. Muriel, one of his cast-offs, meets and marries Barbara's brother, Payne. Lawrence makes trouble for Muriel and fabricates a scandal involving his kindly brother Schuyler and Barbara.

Joseph Kilgour

Irving Lawrence

Virginia Pearson

Barbara Lawrence

Naomi Childers

Muriel

Bobby Connelly

Harry Lawrence

Josephine Earle

Meta Delatour

Charles Wellesley

Payne

Robert Gaillard

Schuyler Lawrence

George Stevens

Trainor

Mabel Kelly

Harry's Nurse

• Tefft JohnsonDirector
• Marguerite BertschWriter
• William HurlbutStory
• Daniel E. BooneDirector of Photography

Release date

February 14, 1916

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

50m

Genres

Drama

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