The Black Sheep of the Family

The Black Sheep of the Family

Drama | Oct. 23, 1916

Although Kenneth Carmont and Esther Saunders, criminal Bert Saunders' sister, love each other, Esther marries detective Elwood Collins, who agrees to stop pursuing Bert if she accepts his proposal. One night, Kenneth and Esther hide Bert, who has escaped from the police. The same night, Kenneth's father is murdered. The evidence implicates Kenneth, who cannot supply his whereabouts at the time of the crime, as that would give away Bert. Esther cannot clear Kenneth for the same reason, and because it would let her husband know that she was with her former sweetheart.

The Black Sheep of the Family

Drama | Oct. 23, 1916

The Black Sheep of the Family
Although Kenneth Carmont and Esther Saunders, criminal Bert Saunders' sister, love each other, Esther marries detective Elwood Collins, who agrees to stop pursuing Bert if she accepts his proposal. One night, Kenneth and Esther hide Bert, who has escaped from the police. The same night, Kenneth's father is murdered. The evidence implicates Kenneth, who cannot supply his whereabouts at the time of the crime, as that would give away Bert. Esther cannot clear Kenneth for the same reason, and because it would let her husband know that she was with her former sweetheart.
Producers Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Red Feather Photoplays
Original title The Black Sheep of the Family
Directors Jay Hunt
Writers Frank Wiltermood, Jay Hunt

Cast

Francelia Billington

as Esther Saunders

Jack Holt

as Kenneth Carmont

Gilmore Hammond

as Elwood Collins

Paul Byron

as Bert Saunders

Mina Cunard

as Bertha Carmont (as Mina Jeffreys)

C. Norman Hammond

as Madison Carmont (as C. Norton Hammond)

Florence Hale

as Mrs. Carmont (as Mrs. Jay Hunt)

Hector V. Sarno

as Simon Hathaway

William Musgrave

as Louis Dairymple (as W.F. Musgrave)