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The Jury of Fate

The Jury of Fate

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 6, 1917

Runtime

0h 50m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

The Jury of Fate

Production Companies

Metro Pictures Corporation

Director

Tod Browning

Description

Henri Labordie (Tavernier) is the father of twins. Jeanne (Taliaferro) is sweet and winsome while her brother Jaques (Taliaferro), pampered by her father, is ill-tempered. When Jaques dies through his own caddishness, Jeanne, to spare her father from the shock, clips off her hair and dons boys clothing so that her father will think that it was her and not Jaques who drowned in a stream. When Labordie dies, Jeanne's deception ends when she goes to Montreal to fulfill an ancient pact, and there she finds happiness