Movie: For the Defense

Top 7 Billed Cast

Ethel Clayton
Ethel Clayton

Anne Woodstock

Vernon Steele
Vernon Steele

Christopher Armstrong

Zasu Pitts
Zasu Pitts

Jennie Dunn

Bertram Grassby
Bertram Grassby

Dr. Joseph Kasimir

Mayme Kelso
Mayme Kelso

Smith

Sylvia Ashton
Sylvia Ashton

Signora Bartoni

Mabel Van Buren
Mabel Van Buren

Cousin Selma

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    Singer Anna Woodstock loses her voice, but a visit to a hypnotist, Dr. Joseph Kasimir, brings it back. What Anna doesn't realize is that her illness was purely psychosomatic and Kasimir is a swindler.

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    1922-06-04

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