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The White Alley (1916)
Short | Short, Drama

The White Alley (1916)

Short | Short, Drama

Justine Arnold gives a house party at his summer home. Among his guests are Ernest Chapin, Cambell Crosby, his cousin and attorney, and Emery Gale, Crosby's law partner. All three fall in love with Dorothy Duncan Arnold's fiancée, and she ...See moreJustine Arnold gives a house party at his summer home. Among his guests are Ernest Chapin, Cambell Crosby, his cousin and attorney, and Emery Gale, Crosby's law partner. All three fall in love with Dorothy Duncan Arnold's fiancée, and she flirts with them. Crosby and Gale return to the city. The following night Arnold discovers Chapin asking Dorothy to marry him. Arnold tells Dorothy to consider their engagement broken. She retires to her room, leaving the two men in a heated quarrel. Next morning Arnold is missing. Several days elapse before his body is found in a huge brick oven in the basement. At the inquest evidence is introduced which implicates Dorothy, and she is accused. Chapin, to shield her, declares he killed Arnold. He is put in prison. Stone, a detective, is hired by Dorothy. The discovery of a white alley by Stone leads to a confession by Cambell Crosby. On the night Arnold and Chapin quarreled had Crosby returned from the city and gained entrance to the house from the roof, lowering himself through a crevice which he and Arnold had played in when boys. After stabbing Arnold he had disposed of his body in the brick oven His object was to gain possession of Arnold's estate to which he was sole heir. As he finishes his confession he takes poison, Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Harry Beaumont Ernest Chapin Ernest Chapin See fewer	The Broadway Melody (1929)
Betty Burbridge Dorothy Duncan (as Elizabeth Burbridge) Dorothy Duncan (as Elizabeth Burbridge) See fewer	In the Clutches of the Gangsters (1914)
Ernest Maupain Justin Arnold - Dorothy's Fiance Justin Arnold - Dorothy's Fiance See fewer	Sherlock Holmes (1916)
Edward Arnold Campbell Crosby - Arnold's Cousin and Attorney Campbell Crosby - Arnold's Cousin and Attorney See fewer	You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Hugh Thompson Fleming Stone - Detective Fleming Stone - Detective See fewer	The House of Gold (1918)
Peggy Sweeney Actress Actress See fewer	It May Be Your Daughter (1916)