Vera, the Medium (1917)

Director: Gilbert M. Anderson

Vera, a woman of questionable character places a wager that she will be able to destroy a happy marriage and inveigle the husband into becoming her lover. She succeeds to the extent of a midnight tryst in the family's home, witnessed by the couple's 12-year-old daughter. Her resolve weakened by the child's piteous pleas, Vera deliberately loses the wager, freeing the sadder-but-wider husband to return to his forgiving wife.

Cast

Kitty Gordon

Vera

Lowell Sherman

Robert Sterling

Harris Gordon

Carlton's Son

Walter Hitchcock

Herbert Carlton

Joyce Fair

Carlton's Daughter

Frank Goldsmith

Albert Hastings

Grace Blow

Carlton's Wife