The Two Edged Sword Explained

Director:	George D. Baker
Screenplay:	Lillian Case Russell Eugene V. Webster
Starring:	Edith Storey
Cinematography:	Joseph Shelderfer
Language:	Silent (with English intertitles)

The Two Edged Sword is a 1916 silent Vitagraph drama directed by George D. Baker. The film was written by Eugene V. Brewster and Lillian Case Russell, and it starred Edith Storey and Evart Overton.^[1]

Plot

A bored married woman (Josephine Earle) tired of her workaholic novelist husband (Jed Brooks) embarks on a trip with her friend and meets a handsome farmer she begins a fling with. The farmer (Logan Paul) falls head over heels, but the woman doesn't take it seriously. When her husband pays a surprise visit to the farm, the farmer realizes he's been had, and after the husband beats him in a fight, he commits suicide. His enraged sister (Edith Storey) vows vengeance.^{[2] [3]}

Cast

• Edith Storey as Mary Brooks
• Evart Overton as Jed Brooks
• Josephine Earl as Dorothy Allen
• Robert Gaillard as Gordon Allen
• Logan Paul as Farmer Brooks

Production

The film was shot in the fall of 1915.^[4]

References

1. Web site: 10 May 1916, Page 1 - The Daily Republican at Newspapers.com. Newspapers.com. en. 2019-03-30.
2. Web site: 14 Apr 1916, Page 9 - Asheville Citizen-Times at Newspapers.com. Newspapers.com. en. 2019-03-30.
3. Book: The Moving Picture World. 1916. World Photographic Publishing Company. en.
4. Web site: 1 Nov 1915, Page 5 - The Scranton Republican at Newspapers.com. Newspapers.com. en. 2019-03-30.