Paid in Full (1919)
Drama | 23 February 1919
Director:
Emile ChautardWriter:
Charles E. WhittakerProduction Company:
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
According to a pre-production news item, Al Lena was scheduled to be the assistant director. An item in the Paramount studio records states that portions of Walter's play were used in the 1931 Paramount film Honor Among Lovers, directed by Dorothy Arzner.
An earlier version of Paid in Full was released by All Star Feature Corp. in 1914 (see ...
According to a pre-production news item, Al Lena was scheduled to be the assistant director. An item in the Paramount studio records states that portions of Walter's play were used in the 1931 Paramount film Honor Among Lovers, directed by Dorothy Arzner.
An earlier version of Paid in Full was released by All Star Feature Corp. in 1914 (see entry).
Bookkeeper Joe Brooks steals over $16,000 from his employer, ship owner Captain Williams, who is fond of Brooks' wife Emma. Jimsy Smith, who also admires Emma, discovers the theft. When Joe realizes he has been found out, he convinces Emma to talk to the captain and cancel the debt at any price. Jimsy arives at first and offers to pay off the debt, but is refused. To Emma, the captain agrees to give a receipted bill for the debt if she will sacrifice her honor. Emma's horror over the proposition convinces the captain that she has had no part in the scam, and he gives her the receipt as a token of his respect. When Emma gives Joe the receipt, he turns on her, believing that she compromised herself. Joe tries to choke Emma when she tells him she is leaving him, but Jimsy arrives and prevents the murder. Emma then goes off with Jimsy, and Joe kills himself with a ...
Bookkeeper Joe Brooks steals over $16,000 from his employer, ship owner Captain Williams, who is fond of Brooks' wife Emma. Jimsy Smith, who also admires Emma, discovers the theft. When Joe realizes he has been found out, he convinces Emma to talk to the captain and cancel the debt at any price. Jimsy arives at first and offers to pay off the debt, but is refused. To Emma, the captain agrees to give a receipted bill for the debt if she will sacrifice her honor. Emma's horror over the proposition convinces the captain that she has had no part in the scam, and he gives her the receipt as a token of his respect. When Emma gives Joe the receipt, he turns on her, believing that she compromised herself. Joe tries to choke Emma when she tells him she is leaving him, but Jimsy arrives and prevents the murder. Emma then goes off with Jimsy, and Joe kills himself with a revolver.
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