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The Devil's Image (1916)
Short | Short, Drama

The Devil's Image (1916)

Short | Short, Drama

Blanche Griswold is engaged to James Mortimer. He ascertains that his late father's estate is bankrupt and feels it his duty to release Blanche from her engagement until he is a success, as he fears he cannot support her in the luxurious ...See moreBlanche Griswold is engaged to James Mortimer. He ascertains that his late father's estate is bankrupt and feels it his duty to release Blanche from her engagement until he is a success, as he fears he cannot support her in the luxurious style to which she is used. Alvin Griswold, Blanche's father, has become involved in some big deals which are turning out disastrously for all concerned. As ruin faces him he remembers the admiration evinced by one, Henry Delaney, a wealthy bachelor, for his daughter Blanche. Through the pleadings of her father Blanche marries Delaney. James Mortimer, having opened an office as an architect in a distant city, hears of the marriage and resolves to put Blanche out of his thoughts. Delaney. on one of his trips abroad, has become inoculated with a serious form of tropical fever, and uses drugs in small quantities to ward off the recurrent attacks. Rex Delaney, his brother, discovers his growing habit and sees to dissuade him from the use of the drugs, but without avail. At the first anniversary of his wedding, Delaney feels the lack of his accustomed does of morphia. Nervousness overcomes him, and he returns home to take the drug for which he craves. Rex follows and realizes that his brother has become a drug fiend. After his brother has left the house Rex takes the remaining drug and returns to the anniversary reception. Later that night Henry returns to his home. His wife has retired, and he steals out into the darkened library for a dose of the drug. He finds the cabinet empty, and accuses his wife of taking the drug. She denies this in amazement, never having even known that he used a drug. Delaney sits through the night fighting the craving which he cannot satisfy. He reads a newspaper on the table and ascertains that the Harrison Anti-Drug Act is now a law, and that it will be impossible for him to obtain any more drugs. Realizing that he cannot get any more drugs through the usual channels, he becomes a nervous maniac by morning, when a fierce fight ensues between his brother Rex and himself. Delaney is overcome, and in his weakened condition, he is rushed to a sanitarium. In the meantime James Mortimer has become a successful architect, and his plans are accepted for a new building in New York. Delaney has recuperated slightly in the sanitarium, but the drug terror has not left him. He manages to bribe his nurse to procure drugs from the office, and alone in his room in the sanitarium, he takes large doses of the drug. A vision of his wife appears before him, and he resolves to return home. That same night James Mortimer, having arrived in New York, attends a ball, and there meets Blanche Delaney. They are both shocked and embarrassed at the meeting, and he escorts her to her home. Delaney, drunk with morphia and whiskey, enters his house and sees Blanche and James Mortimer together. He puts a wrong construction on this and insults James Mortimer. An angry scene ensues, and Blanche flees to her bedroom, locking the door, while Mortimer leaves the house in angry disgust. Delaney beats upon his wife's door, and failing to obtain admission, he seats himself at the table and indulges in large doses of drugs, followed by gulps of whiskey. While he is drinking he looks across the table and sees the image of his other self, standing in front of him. His other self advises him to murder his wife. Delaney fiendishly agrees. He enters his wife's bedroom and leans over her. His hands start clenching and unclenching toward her throat. Blanche sits up in bed and, seeing her husband's face, sinks hack in terror. Then Delaney turns on his other self, draws a revolver and fires. His other self fades out, and he falls to the floor dead with a self-inflicted wound. Mortimer, fearing to leave Blanche alone with her insane husband, has waited outside. Hearing the shot, he rushes in, and the picture fades out with Mortimer and Blanche in each other's arms. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Hobart Henley Henry Delaney Henry Delaney See fewer	Society Snobs (1921)
Tony Merlo Rex Delaney Rex Delaney See fewer	Seventeen (1916)
Curtis Benton James Mortimer James Mortimer See fewer	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)
Irene Hunt Blanche Griswold Blanche Griswold See fewer	Oliver Twist, Jr. (1921)

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