An Enemy Of Men (1925)
Melodrama | 1 July 1925
Director:
Frank R. StrayerWriter:
Douglas BronstonCinematographer:
Frank B. GoodProduction Company:
Waldorf Productions, Inc.Since the death of their parents, Norma Bennett has assumed the responsibility for looking after her younger sister, Janet. Political boss John Hurd marries Janet on the sly and then deserts her. Never telling Norma her husband's name, Janet dies while giving birth to a baby, and Norma takes a vow to make all men suffer for her sister's death. Norma becomes the toast of New York nightclubs; men pay heavily and receive only a mocking smile in return. Norma opens The Janet Bennett Home for Girls and falls in love with Dr. Phil, a fine young fellow whom she adamantly refuses to marry. Norma learns that Hurd was Janet's husband and sets out to kill him. She is forestalled, however, when Hurd is shot to death by the brother of one of his many victims. Putting aside her vengeance, Norma is finally free to find happiness with Dr. ...
Since the death of their parents, Norma Bennett has assumed the responsibility for looking after her younger sister, Janet. Political boss John Hurd marries Janet on the sly and then deserts her. Never telling Norma her husband's name, Janet dies while giving birth to a baby, and Norma takes a vow to make all men suffer for her sister's death. Norma becomes the toast of New York nightclubs; men pay heavily and receive only a mocking smile in return. Norma opens The Janet Bennett Home for Girls and falls in love with Dr. Phil, a fine young fellow whom she adamantly refuses to marry. Norma learns that Hurd was Janet's husband and sets out to kill him. She is forestalled, however, when Hurd is shot to death by the brother of one of his many victims. Putting aside her vengeance, Norma is finally free to find happiness with Dr. Phil.
TOP SEARCHES
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
According to HR news items, "The Gentleman from Montana" (an unpublished story by Lewis R. Foster, alternately called "The Gentleman from Wyoming" by both contemporary and modern ... >>
The Grapes of Wrath
According to materials contained in the Twentieth Century-Fox Records of the Legal Department at the UCLA Theater Arts Library, Fox paid John Steinbeck $70,000 for the rights to his ... >>
The Best Years of Our Lives
The working titles of the film were Glory for Me and Home Again . In the opening credits, actor Fredric March's name is spelled correctly, but ... >>
It's a Wonderful Life
Philip Van Doren Stern's story, which, according to many contemporary and modern sources, was originally written in Nov 1939, was enclosed by him in his 1943 Christmas cards. Although ... >>
Yankee Doodle Dandy
George M. Cohan wrote and produced more than thirty-five plays, many of them with his partner Sam H. Harris, and composed more than 500 songs. Modern critics have attributed ... >>