Drama · United States of America · 1922 · 50m

For the Defense

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Director
Paul Powell
Cast
Ethel Clayton as Anne Woodstock Vernon Steele as Christopher Armstrong Zasu Pitts as Jennie Dunn Bertram Grassby as Dr. Joseph Kasimir Mayme Kelso as Smith Sylvia Ashton as Signora Bartoni
Crew
Beulah Marie Dix — Writer
Synopsis

Singer Anna Woodstock loses her voice, but a visit to a hypnotist, Dr. Joseph Kasimir, brings it back. What Anna doesn't realize is that her illness was purely psychosomatic and Kasimir is a swindler.

Mood & Themes
swindlersinger
Key Collaborators
Paul Powell Director Beulah Marie Dix Writer
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