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The Cheat is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Fannie Ward, Sessue Hayakawa, and Jack Dean, Ward's real-life husband. [2] Plot
The Cheat: Directed by Cecil B. DeMille. With Fannie Ward, Sessue Hayakawa, Jack Dean, James Neill. A venal, spoiled stockbroker's wife impulsively embezzles $10,000 from the charity she chairs and desperately turns to a Burmese ivory trader to replace the stolen money.
- (2.8K)
- Drama, Romance
- Cecil B. DeMille
- 1915-12-13
Jun 5, 2014 · The Cheat Video Item Preview ... movies. The Cheat by Cecil B Demille. Publication date 1915 Usage Public Domain Mark 1.0 Topics crime, silent film, feature film ...
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- Video-Cellar
Summaries. A venal, spoiled stockbroker's wife impulsively embezzles $10,000 from the charity she chairs and desperately turns to a Burmese ivory trader to replace the stolen money. Edith Hardy uses charity funds for Wall Street investments in hopes of buying some new gowns. She loses all the money and borrows from wealthy oriental Tori.
A silent movie about a socialite who embezzles money and borrows it from a Japanese ivory merchant, who demands sex in return. The film caused a sensation and made Hayakawa a star, but also faced protests and censorship for its racism and violence.
Oct 20, 2012 · The Cheat (1915) is a drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Fannie Ward, Sessue Hayakawa, and Jack Dean, Ward's real-life husband. The film has b...
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- TheEarlycinema
The Cheat is a 1915 silent film that depicts an interracial romance between a white woman and a Japanese art dealer. The film sparked controversy and protests in the U.S. and Japan, and was re-released with a different ethnicity for the art dealer in 1918.
