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  • The Tattlers (1920)
  • 50 min | Drama
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The Tattlers (1920)
50 min | Drama

One night at a party, when her drunken husband Tom makes a fool of himself, Bess Rutherford becomes so humiliated that she accepts long-time admirer Jim Carpenter's offer to leave Tom for him. Bess goes to New York with Jim, who persists ...See moreOne night at a party, when her drunken husband Tom makes a fool of himself, Bess Rutherford becomes so humiliated that she accepts long-time admirer Jim Carpenter's offer to leave Tom for him. Bess goes to New York with Jim, who persists in postponing their wedding date, forcing her to live as an illicit woman. Bess's son Jack suspects nothing of his mother's circumstances until his fiancée's mother, Mrs. Dexter, asks him to stop seeing her daughter Gladys. Finally learning of Bess's scandalous living conditions, Jack confronts Carpenter, who is secretly hoping to win Gladys, and in their confrontation, Carpenter is shot and killed. Bess, hysterical, drinks poison, but then realizes that the whole scene was a nightmare which ends happily when Tom promises to never drink again. Written by AFI See less
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Writers
Denison Clift (scenario) | Henry Clifford Colwell (play "The Penalty")
Cinematographer
Walter Williams (as Walter E. Williams)
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Updated Apr 30, 1920

Release date
Apr 1920 (United States)

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9 cast members
Name Known for
Madlaine Traverse
Bess Ruttherford Bess Ruttherford   See fewer
Howard Scott
Charles Rutherford Charles Rutherford   See fewer
Jack Rollens
Jack Rutherford (as Jack Rollins) Jack Rutherford (as Jack Rollins)   See fewer
Ben Deeley
James Carpenter (as Ben Deely) James Carpenter (as Ben Deely)   See fewer
Genevieve Blinn
Sally Smythe Sally Smythe   See fewer
Elinor Hancock
Mrs. Reginald Dexter (as Eleanor Hancock) Mrs. Reginald Dexter (as Eleanor Hancock)   See fewer
Correan Kirkham
Gladys Dexter Gladys Dexter   See fewer
Frank Whitson
Dr. Ballard Dr. Ballard   See fewer
Edwin B. Tilton
Samuel Smythe (as Edwin Booth Tilton) Samuel Smythe (as Edwin Booth Tilton)   See fewer
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