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  • The Guilty Party (1917)
  • Short | Short, Drama
The Guilty Party (1917)
Short | Short, Drama
An unshaven, untidy man sits reading the evening paper by a window. In an adjoining room a woman is cooking supper. Outside children are playing in the street. His little daughter, Lizzie, coaxes the man to play checkers with her. Much ...See moreAn unshaven, untidy man sits reading the evening paper by a window. In an adjoining room a woman is cooking supper. Outside children are playing in the street. His little daughter, Lizzie, coaxes the man to play checkers with her. Much irritated, he refuses. The mother comes in and says, "John, I don't like Lizzie to play in the street; they learn too much that ain't good for them. You might amuse her a little." The man refuses again, saying, "Let her go and play like the rest, and don't bother me." Lizzie is now a woman. In a saloon Kid Mullaly bets fifty dollars to twenty-five: "I take Annie to the dance." They anticipate what Liz will do when she sees him with Annie. The Kid's pal, Burke, draws him to the bootblack stand and advises him, "cut that blond out, Kid, or there'll be trouble. You'll never find another that will freeze to you as Liz has." The Kid replies that he wants to teach Liz a lesson. Burke reminds Kid of when Liz was two years ago, a quiet girl who couldn't speak without blushing, and had never tasted a drink. The warning is wasted. On the day of the dance Liz drinks several whiskeys and later goes to the dance and plunges a knife into the Kid. She escapes, pursued by a howling mob, and "the good mother East River took Liz to her breast and soothed her." In the next world an officer reports that Liz murdered her fiancée and committed suicide, and has no defense. But the Court Official discharges the girl, saying, "The guilty party you have to look for in this case is an unshaven, untidy man, sitting by the window reading, while his children play in the street." See less
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Director
Thomas R. Mills
Writers
O. Henry (story) | Katherine S. Reed (scenario)
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Updated Sep 21, 1917
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Sep 21, 1917 (United States)

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