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The Crystal Gazer is a american film of genre Drama directed by George Melford released in USA on 30 july 1917 with Fannie Ward

The Crystal Gazer (1917)

The Crystal Gazer
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Released in USA 30 july 1917
Length 50minutes
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama

The Crystal Gazer is a 1917 American drama silent film directed by George Melford and written by Eve Unsell, Edna G. Riley and Marion Fairfax. The film stars Fannie Ward, Jack Dean, Winifred Greenwood, Harrison Ford, Raymond Hatton and Edythe Chapman. The film was released on July 30, 1917, by Paramount Pictures.

Synopsis

When Rose Jorgensen, who lives in a squalid tenement house, hears that her husband is to be electrocuted, she commits suicide, leaving two young daughters, Rose and Norma. Rose is adopted by Judge and Mrs. Keith and brought up in luxury, while Norma is adopted by a neighbor and raised in squalor. Once grown, Norma is noticed by a hypnotist named Calistro who employs her to be his subject. Calistro becomes a society fad and while at an engagement, he notices the resemblance between Norma and Rose and learns of their past. Calistro confronts Rose with her past, and fearing blackmail, Rose breaks her engagement to wealthy Dick Alden and flees to Bermuda. In her absence, Dick is enthralled by Norma's resemblance to his lost love and offers to marry her, but when Rose returns, Norma learns that Dick still loves her sister. Later, when the building in which Rose is sleeping catches fire, Norma heroically saves her sister and forfeits her life so that Rose may live.

Actors

Fannie Ward

(Rose Jorgensen)Winifred Greenwood

(Belle)Harrison Ford

(Dick Alden)Raymond Hatton

(Phil Mannering)Edythe Chapman

(Mrs. Mannering)Jane Wolfe

(Mrs. Dugan)
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