The Evil Thereof (1916 film)

Not to be confused with The Evil Thereof (1913 film).

The Evil Thereof is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Robert G. Vignola and starring Frank Losee and Grace Valentine.

The Evil Thereof
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Directed by	Robert G. Vignola
Written by	Channing Pollock Rennold Wolf (scenario)
Produced by	Daniel Frohman Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky
Starring	Frank Losee Grace Valentine
Production company	Famous Players–Lasky
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	June 5, 1916 (1916-06-05)
Running time	50 minutes (5 reels)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

A wealthy, amoral broker (Losee) seduces a manicurist (Valentine) and makes her his mistress, taking her away from her fiancé, a young barber (Kent).

The manicurist soon comes to detest the broker, but she has no choice except to stay with him, as respectable society considers her a "fallen woman." Then, at a dinner party, the broker, in full detail, tells his assembled guests the story of how he brought the manicurist up from nothing and gave her everything she had. Now completely humiliated and thinking only of how she has ruined her life, the manicurist takes her dinner knife and stabs the broker to death.

Cast

Grace Valentine and Frank Losee in The Evil Thereof featured in the June 1916 issue of Moving Picture World

• Frank Losee as the broker
• Grace Valentine as the manicurist
• Crauford Kent as the barber
• Henry Hallam as her father
• George Le Guere as the boy

External links

• The Evil Thereof at IMDb
• The Evil Thereof (1916) at TCM Database
• synopsis at AllMovie