The Fruit of Folly (1915)
Mrs. Clay finds exhaust for her feverish spirit over the card table. She loses in great sums; the sums her husband strives so hard to earn. She plays at the home of Cora Blake, whose house is used for that sort of thing. Mrs. Clay has finally to give Mrs. Blake her I.O.U. for a large amount of money. Mrs. Clay's husband, whose folly is drink, and his partner, whose folly is his faith in Clay, are both in dire financial peril, but see a way out in proving theft on Horace Stone, whose folly is women. They have the confession of Stone's dead clerk in Mrs. Clay's private safe. Stone knows this, and knows also that Mrs. Clay is indebted to Mrs. Blake whom he has promised to marry. Mrs. Blake, in order to protect her future husband, decides to go to Mrs. Clay's apartment, and under cover of demanding payment of her I.O.U., secure the confession which accuses her future husband. She gets the confession and starts away with it. But when she comes on Stone (whose folly is women), she finds he is planning to run away with another girl. She balks this, and holds the confession of his guilt over his head forever. Clay and his partner, eager to prove Stone's theft bring the Chief of Police to see the written confession. But the confession is not there. Mrs. Clay knows how it has disappeared, but cannot tell, lest she admit her indebtedness to Mrs. Blake. Without being able to recover the money from Stone, Clay and his partner face ruin, and the wife must stand by and see it come, lest she bring down on her head an equal, wrath. Ruin comes. Who Pays?
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Harry Harvey | Director |
| E.D. Horkheimer | Producer |
| H.M. Horkheimer | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Henry King | |
| Ruth Roland | |
| Ed Brady | |
| Daniel Gilfether |
