User: SnowyCinema
File: The Cheat (1915) by Cecil B. DeMille.webm
Author: Cecil B. DeMille
Publisher: Paramount Pictures
Year: 1915
PD: PD/US|film=yes|1959
Note: This version is a 1918 rerelease, with differences including the name of {{w|Sessue Hayakawa}}'s character, Haka Arakau (originally Hishuru Tori), with Arakau's ethnicity being Burmese, where Tori's was Japanese in the original film.
Cat: Drama film
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00:02
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{{sc|Jesse L. Lasky}}<br>{{asc|presents}}<br>
{{xxxx-larger|{{sc|Fannie Ward}}}}<br>
{{asc|in}}<br>
{{xxxx-larger|{{asc|The Cheat}}}}<br>
{{asc|by}}<br>
{{sc|Hector Turnbull}}<br>
{{fine|{{asc|Copyright 1915 by Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co., Inc.}}}}
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{{cursive|A Paramount Picture}}
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00:11
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Scenario by<br>
Hector Turnbull<br>
{{sm|and}}<br>
Jeanie Macpherson
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Photographed by<br>
Alvin Wyckoff
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Art Director<br>
Wilfred Buckland
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00:18
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produced<br>
by<br>
[[Author:Cecil B. DeMille|Cecil B. DeMille]]
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00:26
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{{di|H}}aka Arakau, a Burmese ivory king to whom the Long Island smart-set is paying social tribute.
{{right|{{sm|''Sessue Hayakawa.''}}}}
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01:40
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{{di|R}}ichard Hardy, a New York Stock Broker.
{{right|{{sm|''Jack Dean.''}}}}
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02:07
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{{di|F}}annie Ward as Edith Hardy, his wife.
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02:28
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{{di|T}}he Butterfly.
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02:50
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{| style="font-style: italic; font-family: cursive;"
| 1 Black Evening Gown
| 450.00
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| 1 Chiffon Evening Gown
| 600.00
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| 1 Point Lace Negligee
| 400.00
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| $1450
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03:06
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"Can't you economize 'til my investments pay? It won't be for long."
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03:21
{{ft/d|
"If you want me to give up my friends and social position—well—I won't."
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04:19
{{ft/d|
"The same old story—My husband objects to my extravagance—and you."
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05:36
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"Dick, you're working too hard over this deal—Don't forget you have a wife."
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05:56
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"It's for my wife, I'm doing it."
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06:08
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{{c|{{sm|{{uc|No cross<br>no bazaar.}}}}}}
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06:40
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"They want me—as treasurer of the Fund—to ask the loan of your house for the Red Cross Ball."
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07:28
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"This makes over Ten Thousand Dollars now in the Fund Treasury."
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07:52
{{ft/d|
"Mrs. Hardy is out with Mr. Arakau."
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08:43
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"Didn't your mistress pay your wages on the first of the month?"
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10:17
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"I must have new gowns for the Red Cross affairs. I am Treasurer of the Fund."
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10:59
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"I can't spend a cent now. Wait till my investment pays, and you'll have plenty."
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12:23
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"D. & O. Stock is bound to advance—I have put every cent I can raise on it."
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12:50
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"He's forcing me to give up everything."
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13:08
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"Can't I help? No one need know."
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14:05
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"Your husband is wrong about D. & O. He should take my advice and buy United Copper."
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14:47
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"Could you do anything with Ten Thousand Dollars?"
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15:05
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"Let me invest it in United Copper tonight—and I'll double your money tomorrow."
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16:32
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"I won it playing bridge. Promise not to tell."
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16:51
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{{di|T}}he Red Cross Ball at the home of Haka Arakau.
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17:19
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"We'll send the Fund to the Belgians tomorrow."
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19:32
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"That means it belongs to me."
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21:16
{{ft/d|
"We've lost—your Ten Thousand Dollars is gone."
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23:03
{{ft/d|
"I've got to have Ten Thousand Dollars tomorrow."
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23:58
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"I wish I could help you—but I couldn't raise a dollar tonight to save my life."
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24:49
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{{c|{{lg|{{uc|Society Woman Steals}}}}<br>
{{uc|'''Red Cross Funds'''}}
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{{fine|{{uc|'''Speculates and Loses $10,000'''}}}}
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{{sm|{{uc|''Mrs. Hardy Faces a Long Term in Prison''}}}}
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25:49
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"Do you agree?"
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26:20
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{{c|{{cursive|New York <u>June 15 1918</u> No. <u>71</u> [...]}}<br>
{{bl|Broadway Trust Company}} {{sm|1-119}}<br>
{{xx-smaller|{{asc|Woolworth Building}}}}<br>
{{xx-smaller|Pay to the order of}}{{gap}}{{cursive|Edith Hardy}}{{gap|3em}}$10,000 00/100<br>
{{cursive|Ten Thousand {{sm|and{{gap|5em}}00/100}} Dollars}}<br>
{{cursive|<u>Haka Arakau</u>}}
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26:41
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"Tomorrow."
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27:12
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{{di|T}}he Fund is Presented.
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28:11
{{ft/d|
"We're rich, Edith—rich—my investment in D. & O. succeeded."
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29:29
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"Come tonight."
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29:49
{{ft/d|
"Does this mean that you can give me Ten Thousand Dollars right now?"
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30:13
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"I lost it playing bridge—I was afraid to tell you."
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31:28
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{{di|T}}he Cheat.
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34:01
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"You cannot buy me off."
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34:22
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"Lock the doors and go."
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34:36
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"If you keep me here—I'll kill myself."
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38:14
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{{c|{{fine|{{uc|The Commercial Trust Company}}}}<br>{{asc|of}}<br>{{sm|{{uc|New York}}}}<br>{{xx-smaller|{{asc|Broadway and Forty-First Street}}}}
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{{fine|{{sc|No}}}} <u>128</u>{{gap|6em}}{{cursive|Sept-17}}<br>
{{fine|{{sc|Pay to the order of}}}} {{cursive|Edith Hardy}}<br>
{{cursive|Ten thousand <u>and</u> no/100}}<br>
$10,000 00/100{{gap|3em}}{{cursive|Richard Hardy}}
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39:40
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"Who shot you?"
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39:52
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"I shot him!"
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41:14
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{{di|W}}ith the Morning Light.
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43:04
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{{hr|10em}}
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{{sm|{{uc|New York, April 27, 1918}}}}<br>
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{{x-larger|{{uc|Shooting in the Smart Set}}}}
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{{uc|'''Richard Hardy Arrested.'''}}
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{{uc|'''Young Stockbroker Shoots Burmese Ivory King'''}}
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'''Motive a Mystery.'''
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The shooting of Haka Arakau, a wealthy Burmese, [...]
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44:37
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"I shot him!"
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44:51
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"Why were you in his rooms?"
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45:07
{{ft/d|
"I lost the Fund money—Arakau knew it and offered help—if I would pay the price."
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46:02
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"I <u>forbid</u> you to speak!"
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46:31
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{{di|fl="|E}}ast is East and West is West and never the Twain shall meet."
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47:30
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"I will pay you all I have to drop this case."
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47:38
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"It is not my case—it is in the hands of the law."
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48:18
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"You cannot cheat me twice."
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49:02
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{{di|T}}he Trial.
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49:30
{{ft/d|
"When I grab that man—he have this gun."
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50:39
{{ft/d|
"Who fired that shot?"
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51:03
{{ft/d|
"Richard Hardy shot me."
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51:22
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{{di|T}}he Defense.
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52:14
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"In trying to disarm him, I shot him."
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52:59
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"What was your real reason for shooting Arakau?"
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53:25
{{ft/d|
"I shot him—that's all I have to say."
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53:49
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{{di|T}}he Verdict.
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54:33
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"Guilty."
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55:09
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"I shot Arakau and this is my defense."
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57:44
{{ft/d|
"The verdict is set aside."
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57:57
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"Your honor, I move that the indictment against this defendant be dismissed."
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58:10
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"Mr. Hardy, you are a free man."
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58:38
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{{asc|A Famous Players-Lasky Production}}
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The End
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A Paramount Picture
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{{sm|{{asc|Copyrighted 1918 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation}}}}
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