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The Trap is a american film directed by Edwin August with Murdock MacQuarrie

The Trap (1913)

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The Trap is a 1913 American silent short drama film directed by Edwin August, produced by Pat Powers, and starring Murdock MacQuarrie, Pauline Bush and Lon Chaney. The film is now considered lost. Chaney would later appear in an unrelated film of the same name in 1922.

Synopsis

Lon tient à épouser Jane, mais le train de vie extravagant de cette dernière ne peut convenir à la situation sociale du pauvre homme...

Actors

Murdock MacQuarrie

(Chance)Pauline Bush

(Jane)Lon Chaney

(Lon)Cleo Madison

(Cleo)
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