The Scar (1919 film)

The Scar
Directed byFrank Hall Crane
Written byHamilton Smith
Produced byWorld Film Company
StarringKitty Gordon
Irving Cummings
CinematographyLucien Tainguy
Distributed byWorld Film Company
Release date
  • April 14, 1919 (1919-04-14)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Scar is a lost[1] 1919 American silent film drama directed by Frank Hall Crane and starring Kitty Gordon. It was produced and distributed by World Film Company.[2]

Plot summary

George Reynolds, an American, fights a duel in South America with the Spaniard Valdez over the affections of Cora, a Spanish adventuress, and later brings her back to the United States, where she becomes involved with his friend Caryl Haskill. During a struggle, Cora is accidentally shot and George is convicted, serving five years in prison while she taunts him during his forced labor. After his release, Cora opens a gambling house in New York, where Caryl becomes addicted, loses everything, and takes his own life. Hoping for a new beginning, George marries Frances Tabor, but Cora, consumed by vengeance, tries to destroy his marriage and even attempts to have him re-arrested, though she fails. Ultimately, her obsession drives her into madness, and she is confined to an asylum.

Cast

  • Kitty Gordon as Cora
  • Irving Cummings as George Reynolds
  • Jennie Ellison as Mrs. Reynolds
  • Eric Mayne as Hastings
  • Charles Dungan as Cavanaugh
  • Frank Farrington as Thaddeus Tabor
  • Ruth Findlay as Frances Tabor
  • Paul Doucet as Valdez
  • David Herblin as Caryl Haskill
  • Herbert Bradshaw as Willard
  • Amelie Barleon as Cora's Maid (credited as Amelia Barleon)

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