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The Divorce Trap (1919)
50 min | Drama

The Divorce Trap (1919)

50 min | Drama

Eleanor Burton, a hotel telephone operator, breaks her engagement to Frederick Lawson, a struggling lawyer, because of an argument about his domineering attitude toward her. She marries Jim Drake, the son of a bank president, but the elder...See moreEleanor Burton, a hotel telephone operator, breaks her engagement to Frederick Lawson, a struggling lawyer, because of an argument about his domineering attitude toward her. She marries Jim Drake, the son of a bank president, but the elder Drake, thinking that she married for money, disinherits his son. They move to a small flat in Harlem where she works to support Drake, but he soon loses interest in married life, takes up with another woman, and agrees to a scheme proposed by a lawyer friend to frame Eleanor as an adulteress, win a divorce, and be taken back by his father. He moves out of the flat and sends word to Eleanor that he is ill in a hotel. Her visit and sufficient planted evidence make it appear that she had been there having an affair with another man. Frederick helps Eleanor compile evidence to vindicate herself and convict Drake and his associates who are arrested. Frederick and Eleanor then resume their romance. Written by AFI See less

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Gladys Brockwell Eleanor Burton Eleanor Burton See fewer	Lights of New York (1928)
Francis McDonald Jim Drake Jim Drake See fewer	The Ten Commandments (1956)
William Sheer Eddie Callahan Eddie Callahan See fewer	The Sealed Envelope (1919)
John Steppling Jacob Harmon Jacob Harmon See fewer	The Reckless Age (1924)
Betty Schade Marie Worden Marie Worden See fewer	Bare Fists (1919)
William Scott Frederick Lawson Frederick Lawson See fewer	The Earth Woman (1926)
Herschel Mayall Daniel Drake Daniel Drake See fewer	The Beast (1916)