Drama · United States of America · 1919 · 1h 30m

For Better, for Worse

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Director
Cecil B. DeMille
Cast
Elliott Dexter as Dr. Edward Meade Tom Forman as Richard Burton Gloria Swanson as Sylvia Norcross Sylvia Ashton as Sylvia's Aunt Raymond Hatton as Bud Theodore Roberts as Hospital Head
Crew
William C. deMille — Writer Jeanie Macpherson — Story
Synopsis

Dr. Edward Meade and friend Richard Burton both love Sylvia Norcross. Both enlist in the military, but Meade stays back to care for deformed children. Sylvia thinks him a coward and marries Burton. After Burton is presumed dead, Meade and Sylvia are to wed, but Burton returns maimed and scarred.

Mood & Themes
love triangle
Key Collaborators
Cecil B. DeMille Director William C. deMille Writer Jeanie Macpherson Story
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