The Turn of the Wheel
Top 8 Billed Cast
Rosalie Dean
Maxfield Grey
Frank Grey
Bertha Grey
Wally Gage
Rosalie's Aunt
American Consul
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While visiting Monte Carlo with her aunt, Rosalie Dean meets a young man, Maxfield Gray who is ready to kill himself because of his losses at the roulette wheel. She stops him from doing so, and lends him some money to win back what he's lost. He does, but they're only happy for a short while before Max is arrested for the murder of his ex-wife in the States.
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1918-09-01
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