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TWO FILM DVD: THE ITALIAN (1915) + THE CHEAT (1915)

George Beban Beppo Donnetti J. Frank Burke Trudo Ancello Clara Williams Annette Ancello Donnetti Fanny Midgley Leo Willis Bill Corrigan Fannie Ward as Edith Hardy Sessue Hayakawa as Hishuru Tori (original release) / Haka Arakau (1918 re-release) Jack Dean as Richard Hardy James Neill as Jones Yutaka Abe as Tori's Valet Dana Ong as District Attorney Hazel Childers as Mrs. Reynolds Arthur H. Williams as Courtroom Judge
$18.99

THE ITALIAN (1915):

An immigrant leaves his sweetheart in Italy to find a better life across the sea in the grimy slums of New York. They are eventually reunited and marry. But life in New York is hard and tragedy tarnishes their dream of a better life in the new world.

DVD-r has English intertitles no subtitles. Approx. 78 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality!

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THE CHEAT (1915):

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.

DVD-r has English intertitles no subtitles. Approx. 58 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality!

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