• Source: The Double Standard
    • The Double Standard is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Phillips Smalley and starring Roy Stewart, Clarissa Selwynne and Joseph W. Girard. The film duration is 50 minutes. As of 2021, this film was considered lost.


      Premise


      The American Film Institute offers a plot summary based on contemporary sources. It contains elements of melodrama.


      Cast


      Roy Stewart as John Fairbrother
      Clarissa Selwynne as Grace Fairbrother
      Joseph W. Girard as Bishop Ferguson
      Frank Elliott as Charles Ferguson
      Hazel Page as Mace
      Frank Brownlee as Editor George Ferguson
      Irene Aldwyn as Lily
      Maxfield Stanley as Albert
      Dana Ong as Lawyer


      Reception


      A review in Variety found the plot confusing and stated, "The story, or what appeared of it, has a strain similar to that compounded in Herman Lieb’s vaudeville sketch "Dope"."


      References




      Bibliography


      Robert B. Connelly. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.


      External links


      The Double Standard at IMDb

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