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Title: The Devil’s Pass Key

Date: 1919

Distributor: Universal Film Mfg. Co.

Director: Erich von Stroheim

Cast: Sam De Grasse, Una Trevelyn, Clyde Fillmore, Maude George, Leo White, Mae Busch, Jack Matheis, Ruth King, Al Edmondson, Ed Reinach.

Summary: Even though she is married to struggling playwright Warren Goodwright in Paris, Grace Goodwright still enjoys the finer things in life. When she falls behind in payments to dressmaker Madame Malot, Malot suggests that wealthy Rex Strong might provide a solution. Strong offers Grace money in exchange for sexual favors, but Grace turns down the offer. Warren reads an account of the scandal in which no names are mentioned and writes a play based on the story. His play is a hit, but he is the laughing stock of Paris because he does not realize that the main character is his wife. When he learns the truth, Warren aims to kill Strong, but sure of his wife’s innocence, he changes his mind.

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