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TITLE: CHEAT, THE
CAST: Fannie Ward, Sessue Hayakawa
DIRECTOR: De Mille, Cecil B.
LENGTH: 59 min.
COLOR_B&W_TINTED: B&W
RELEASE_DATE: 1915
GENRE_MAIN: Drama
GENRE_SECOND: Sex
GENRE_THIRD: Sadism
COUNTRY_OF_ORIGIN: U.S.
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INTERTITLES: English
SOUNDTRACK:
REVIEW_RATING: *** VH
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RIGHTS_TV: TV
AVAILABILITY_DATE: Current
TERRITORY_DOMESTIC: U.S.
TERRITORY_CANADA: Canada
TERRITORY_INTERNATIONAL:
SYNOPSIS: Establishing the classic De Mille formula of sex, sadism and sacrifice, THE CHEAT stars Fannie Ward as a society woman who falls victim to a Burnese ivory trader (Sessue Hayakawa) who intends to brand her for his own. Also features Maurice Tourneur's comic A GIRL'S FOLLY depicting life and love behind th scenes of a 1917 movie studio.
"One of the great accomplishments of the American Cinema." Rene Clair
"A masterpiece!" Kevin Brownlow, THE PARADE'S GONE BY
