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The Cheat is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Fannie Ward, Sessue Hayakawa, and Jack Dean, Ward's real-life husband. [2] Plot.
Classic Film 1915 The Cheat Cecil B DeMille A venal, spoiled stockbroker's wife impulsively embezzles $10,000 from the charity she chairs and desperately turns to a Burmese ivory trader to...
The Cheat: Directed by Cecil B. DeMille. With Fannie Ward, Sessue Hayakawa, Jack Dean, James Neill. A venal, spoiled stockbroker's wife impulsively embezzles $10,000 from the charity she chairs and desperately turns to a Burmese ivory trader to replace the stolen money.
Jun 7, 2020 · The Cheat is a 1915 American Silent film drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Fannie Ward, Sessue Hayakawa, and Jack Dean (1874-1950), Ward's re...
Jun 5, 2014 · 1915 silent film directed by Cecil B Demille starring Fannie Ward. This film was selected for preservation in America's "National Film Registry". A desperate socialite turns to a Burnese Ivory trader after she is almost found out for embezzling funds from her charity.
When Cecil B. deMille released his silent movie The Cheat in 1915, his villain was a Japanese ivory merchant called Hishuru Tori played by Japanese star Sessue Hayakawa. Japanese Americans rose up in arms protesting the casting.
Sessue Hayakawa, who do you think you are? Don’t you have any blood of the Japanese race? Being used as a tool by anti-Japanese exhibitors and leaving a brutal impression on Japanese people, you are either foolish or insane. I have no idea what to think of you, you traitor to your country!
