The Cheat
The Cheat

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Edith Hardy uses charity funds for Wall Street investments in hopes of buying some new gowns. She loses all the money and borrows from wealthy oriental Tori. When her husband gives her the amount she borrowed, Tori won't take it back, branding her shoulder with a Japanese sign of his ownership. She shoots him. Her husband takes the blame. In court Edith reveals all to an angry mob.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Cheat:

Fannie Ward
Sessue Hayakawa
Jack Dean
James Neill
Yutaka Abe
Dana Ong

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Edith Hardy uses charity funds for Wall Street investments in hopes of buying some new gowns. She loses all the money and borrows from wealthy oriental Tori. When her husband gives her the amount she borrowed, Tori won't take it back, branding her shoulder with a Japanese sign of his ownership. She shoots him. Her husband takes the blame. In court Edith reveals all to an angry mob.

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Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 7/10 by Dennis SchwartzMade waves during its day because of its explosive sexual and racial content.
User Review - 10/10 by Aj VI loved this movie, it mixes the romance, thriller, and drama genres, sort of like a film noir, but much earlier. There are a lot of cool editing techniques used skillfully too. And I loved the ending. I highly recommend this movie, it's the best movie I've seen from the 1910s so far.
User Review - 8/10 by Masaki OConsidering the time in which this film was made, it's quite revolutionary, both on its subject matter and its cast. While it might seem a bit over-exaggerated now, the theme remains the same: a lust for money is a dangerous sin.
User Review - 8/10 by Joel AOne of the first major works of Cecile B. DeMille who went on to direct the Ten Commandments in 1956. An electrifying story of a young socialite (Fannie Ward) who gambles $10,000 from the Red Cross & loses it & strikes a deal with an Ivory Merchant. For 1915 this films pulls all the punches & would have been a controversial film in its day. Most famous is the scene where Fannie Ware unable to pay back the Ivory Merchant he brands her with a Hot Spoke. Made the career of Sessue Hayawaka largely known as the Japanese General from Bridge on the River Kwai. This film was a sensation in its Day & although 102 years old this year still is quite intriguing.
User Review - 8/10 by Frankie PThe lighting is amazing. @_@ <3 The whole movie just looks SO high quality, at least compared to, say, Way Down East. Also just a really fun film, and quite short. :D
User Review - 8/10 by Steven BStill affecting 100 years later. Shocking to believe it was released the same year as "Birth of a Nation". Sessue Hayakawa, in one of his first screen appearances (and one of the first appearances by a REAL Asian in an Asian role) not only punches conservative tastes in the mouth, but delivers a harrowing, dichotomous performance as the villainous Tori. ("Manslaughter", the second feature on the Kino DVD, shows how far the art of cinema had traversed in just over a decade: the pace in cutting and performance is ratcheted up tenfold.)
User Review - 8/10 by David RI love Sessue Hayakawa. He plays the bad guy in "The Cheat", but women swooned over him years before Rudolph Valentino. His acting style is radically different from the melodramatic leading lady - very understated, only his expressive eyes show strong emotions. His success in early Hollywood was a remarkable achievement of an Asian man in the racist climate of the times.
User Review - 8/10 by Davey Mrather extarordinary early Demille flick. Somewhat rather nastier than anything on the American screen until Stroheim started directing a few years later.
User Review - 6/10 by Madeline MSessue Hayakawa: A++++. Other than that...not really.
User Review - 6/10 by Magon CThe first silent film I've ever seen. Unfortunately I only saw the last 5 minutes!

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