The Twin Pawns

1919 Drama Directed by Léonce Perret

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About The Twin Pawns

Twin sisters Daisy and Violet White grow up apart, one with their wealthy father and one with their poor mother, and do not know the other exists. A criminal uses the two of them against each other. Mae Murray plays both sisters.

Cast & crew

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Léonce Perret directed. The story is taken from Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White. Pathé Exchange released it on 18 March 1919. Warner Oland plays John Bent. Jack W. Johnston plays Harry White. Henry G. Sell plays Bo Anderson. Edythe Chapman is uncredited.

Themes

  • twin sisters raised apart
  • a criminal using the pair
  • Daisy White
  • Violet White
  • Mae Murray
  • The Woman in White

Preservation

Prints are at the BFI and the Filmmuseum Amsterdam.

Notes

  • Murray is billed as Daisy and Violet White.
  • Prints are held at the BFI and at the Filmmuseum in Amsterdam.
  • An Internet Archive copy is filed under the title The Curse of Greed.

Influenced by

  • The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)

Also available

  • Internet Archive (silent-the-curse-of-greed)

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