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The Spite Bride

The Spite Bride

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The Spite Bride

1919

0h 50m

9.0(1 votes)

Drama

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Tessa Doyle, an innocent country girl who has come to New York and joined a vaudeville sister act, becomes embroiled in a scheme to earn money at her partner Trixie Dennis' insistence.

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9 featured cast members

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Olive Thomas

Olive Thomas

Tessa Doyle

Robert Ellis

Robert Ellis

Billy Swayne

Jack Mulhall

Jack Mulhall

Rodney Dolson

Claire Du Brey

Claire Du Brey

Trixie Dennis

Irene Rich

Irene Rich

Eileen Moore

Dorothy Wallace

Millicent Lee

Lamar Johnstone

Lamar Johnstone

Arthur Derford

Katherine Griffith

Katherine Griffith

Countess di Raspoli

Molly Malone

Molly Malone

Vaudevillian

Creative team

Directed by: Charles Giblyn
Written by: Lillian Ducey
Produced by: Myron Selznick

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