The Knife (1918)
Presents a startling but effeacious remedy for social ills.
Kate Tarleton grows up on a Southern plantation and becomes engaged to her guardian, Dr. Robert Manning, a famous surgeon. When Robert, Kate, and her younger sister Mary Lou visit New York, where the doctor wishes to conduct medical experiments, the superstitious Kate goes to the home of a fortune-teller named Stella Hill. Stella, whose principal business is white slave trafficking, drugs Kate and forces her to work in a "den of vice," run by Stella and her accomplice Jimmy Bristol, where she contracts syphilis and goes insane. Robert, Detective Ellis, and a lawyer named Billy Meredith rescue Kate, who recovers her sanity but remembers nothing of her bondage.
Director: Robert G. Vignola
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Runtime: 75 min
Release Date: February 1, 1918
Cast
- Alice Brady - Kate Tarleton
- Frank Morgan - Dr. Robert Manning
- Crauford Kent - Billy Meredith
- Helen Lackaye - Louise Meredith
- Paul Doucet - Jimmy Bristol
- Alice Hollister - Stella Hill
- Johnnie Walker - Hampton Gray
- Frank Evans - Detective Ellis
- Anne Cornwall
- Myra Brooks
Screenplay
- Charles Maigne
- Eugene Walter (Theatre Play)
Production: Select Pictures Corporation
Country: United States of America
Language: No Language
Original Language: en
More Films by Director: Robert G. Vignola
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is The Knife about?
- Kate Tarleton grows up on a Southern plantation and becomes engaged to her guardian, Dr. Robert Manning, a famous surgeon. When Robert, Kate, and her younger sister Mary Lou visit New York, where the doctor wishes to conduct medical experiments, the superstitious Kate goes to the home of a fortune-teller named Stella Hill. Stella, whose principal business is white slave trafficking, drugs Kate and forces her to work in a "den of vice," run by Stella and her accomplice Jimmy Bristol, where she contracts syphilis and goes insane. Robert, Detective Ellis, and a lawyer named Billy Meredith rescue Kate, who recovers her sanity but remembers nothing of her bondage.
- Who directed The Knife?
- The Knife was directed by Robert G. Vignola.
- Who stars in The Knife?
- The Knife stars Alice Brady, Frank Morgan, Crauford Kent, Helen Lackaye, Paul Doucet, Alice Hollister.
- How long is The Knife?
- The Knife has a runtime of 1h 15m (75 minutes).
- What genre is The Knife?
- The Knife is a Drama, Thriller film.
- Where was The Knife produced?
- The Knife was produced in United States of America.