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A Wife at Bay (1916)
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A Wife at Bay (1916)

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Retired lawyer Frank Lane is entrusted with documents of great importance by a client, wealthy financier Mortimer Devereau. James Griswold, the head of the opposition to Devereau and a powerful, unscrupulous figure in "the street," hears ...See moreRetired lawyer Frank Lane is entrusted with documents of great importance by a client, wealthy financier Mortimer Devereau. James Griswold, the head of the opposition to Devereau and a powerful, unscrupulous figure in "the street," hears of the documents; existence by listening to a crossed-wire telephone connection. The knowledge of their contents will assure him of victory in his fight. So he plans to secure possession of them, knowing full well that Lane is above bribery. Attorney Lane's wife Helen associates with a fast set, and by too-frequent visits to a fashionable gambling resort, she becomes deeply indebted to the proprietor, William Chantley, who desires to have her in his power. Meanwhile, she fears to tell her husband of the promissory notes she has given to Chantley. Pursuant to his plans, Griswold sends one of his henchmen, "Red" Connelly, to secure the documents in Lane's possession. Connelly fails to find them in Lane's office or his apartment after thoroughly searching both places--and binding and drugging the butler in Lane's apartment. When Lane arrives home, he discharges the butler, thinking that he has been drinking. Griswold is exceedingly angry at Connelly's failure to obtain the documents, when he happens to see an advertisement for a butler at the Lane residence, so he fixes up the requisite references and sends Connelly to secure the position. Later, Chantley calls on Helen and demands payment of the promissory notes. She is terror-stricken and Chantley takes advantage of this by making love to her and suggesting that there might be a way open to her by which payment would not be required. She orders him from the apartment. Chantley leaves her in a great rage, telling her he will return in short order for the $5,000 due him, expecting payment, unless she changes her mind and looks upon him with favor. Otherwise, he will have his revenge by telling her husband. Meanwhile, Connelly has been installed as the Lanes' butler, and he overhears the conversation. Chantley returns to his gambling house and telephones the result of his interview with Helen to Griswold. Griswold puts five $1,000-bills in an envelope and calls on Helen, telling her that she can make her husband rich if she can persuade him to give up certain papers he has in his possession. Griswold gives her the sealed envelope containing the money and leaves. Helen opens the envelope and five $1,000 bills fall on the table. Bearing in mind the threat Chantley has made to tell her husband about her gambling debt, she takes the money and goes out to redeem the promissory note. On her return home, she goes to the library where Lane is looking over the very documents that Griswold desires to obtain. He is very indignant when she makes a request that he allow her to send these documents to Griswold. Helen then breaks down and tells him the whole story of Chantley's threat and of Griswold's subsequent offer. Thereupon Lane telephones to the police station for a plain clothes man and also asks the sergeant at the desk to send a squad of police to raid Chantley's gambling house. Connoly overhears the telephone message and tries to make his escape, but is nabbed in time by the plainclothesman who has arrived meanwhile. Presently Griswold is announced. The plainclothesman takes Connelly in his charge and compels him to remain in hiding with him behind a curtain. Griswold is greatly surprised to encounter Lane instead of his wife. Lane further astonishes him by telling him that he knows all about his offer and, pretending to comply with it, says that his wife's honor is worth $100,000 and that the amount must be paid in cash to him personally. Griswold starts to write out the check in exchange for the documents when Lane signals the plainclothesman and has him arrested. Subsequently there is a scene in which the police make a raid on Chantley's gambling house; then cut to the Lanes at their home fully reconciled, with Helen deciding to forego the excitement of gambling and relinquish the society of her fast companions. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Ben F. Wilson Frank Lane (as Ben Wilson) Frank Lane (as Ben Wilson) See fewer	The Power God (1925)
Dorothy Phillips Helen Lane Helen Lane See fewer	Broadway Love (1918)
Charles Ogle James Griswold James Griswold See fewer	Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917)
William Welsh William Chantley William Chantley See fewer	The Bull's Eye (1917)
Leonora von Ottinger Mrs. Delaney Mrs. Delaney See fewer	The Narrow Path (1916)
Fred Herzog Red Connelly Red Connelly See fewer	The Scarlet Letter (1926)