The Evil Eye

The Evil Eye

50 mins | Drama | Jan. 4, 1917

Leonard Sheldon is the manager of a Mexican vineyard which is suffering from a diphtheria epidemic. Sheldon calls for a doctor and gets Katherine, much to the chagrin of the Mexicans. They've never seen a woman doctor, and their peasant superstitions lead them to believe that her forehead-mirror is "the evil eye," and that it's making their children die even faster.

The Evil Eye

50 mins | Drama | Jan. 4, 1917

The Evil Eye
Leonard Sheldon is the manager of a Mexican vineyard which is suffering from a diphtheria epidemic. Sheldon calls for a doctor and gets Katherine, much to the chagrin of the Mexicans. They've never seen a woman doctor, and their peasant superstitions lead them to believe that her forehead-mirror is "the evil eye," and that it's making their children die even faster.
Producers Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
Original title The Evil Eye
Directors George Melford
Writers George DuBois Proctor, Hector Turnbull

Cast

Blanche Sweet

as Dr. Katherine Torrance

Tom Forman

as Leonard Sheldon

Webster Campbell

as Frank King

J. Parks Jones

as Clifford Sheldon

Walter Long

as Mexican Joe

Ruth King

as Rosa

William Dale

as Michael