Crime ·Drama · United States of America · 1921 · 50m

While the Devil Laughs

Director

Cast

Louise Lovely as Mary Franklin William Scott as Billy Anderson G. Raymond Nye as 'Fence' McGee Edwin B. Tilton as Mr. Foreman (as Edwin Booth Tilton) Clarence Wilson as Joe Franklin Molly Shafer as Mother Franklin

Crew

George W. Hill — Screenplay George W. Hill — Story

Tagline

THE STORY OF A GIRL BOUND BY FETTERS THAT SEARED, WHO UNLOCKED THEM WITH LOVE AND FAITH.

Synopsis

Mary Franklin has a drunken father, an invalid mother, and a kid brother and sister to support. To make ends meet she is works as a hostess in a sleazy cafe, where she steals jewelry from her dancing partners.

Mood & Themes

thief

Key Collaborators

George W. Hill Director George W. Hill Screenplay George W. Hill Story

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