Society's Driftwood

Judge Grant sentences Paul Rogers to jail on circumstantial evidence, Paul's sister Lena swears revenge. A few years later, Judge Grant becomes a corporation attorney for a large firm. In collusion with the owners, Grant embezzles the firm's profits, thus forcing the value of the stock down and creating favorable conditions for a takeover. Lena, on the pretext of making an investment, meets the judge, who falls in love with her. Lena uses his infatuation to discover that the judge himself stole the money. Meanwhile, Lena has fallen in love with Tison Grant, a newspaper reporter and the judge's brother, and after they are married, she informs Tison of his brother's treachery. Tison threatens to give the story to the papers, but before he can, Paul is released from jail, kills the judge, and is wounded in the scuffle. Lena takes the blame for the killing but is freed from suspicion when Paul confesses before he dies.

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  • TheTVDB.com Movie ID 224202
  • Status Released
  • Released United States of America October 22, 1917
  • Content Rating United States of America NR
  • Runtime 50 minutes
  • Genres Drama
  • Original Country United States of America
  • Original Language English
  • Production Company Universal Film Manufacturing Company
  • Distributor Universal Film Manufacturing Company
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