The Burden of Proof

The Burden of Proof

50 mins | Drama | Sept. 21, 1918

Elaine Brooks marries Robert Ames, a junior member of the Department of Justice. Mrs. Durand, a spy uses underhanded means to steal important papers from Ames, which she gives to her superior, Dr. Kemp. Although she is innocent, Elaine becomes implicated in this plot.

The Burden of Proof

50 mins | Drama | Sept. 21, 1918

The Burden of Proof
Elaine Brooks marries Robert Ames, a junior member of the Department of Justice. Mrs. Durand, a spy uses underhanded means to steal important papers from Ames, which she gives to her superior, Dr. Kemp. Although she is innocent, Elaine becomes implicated in this plot.
Producers Marion Davies Film Corporation
Original title The Burden of Proof
Directors Julius Steger, Fred Hearn, John G. Adolfi
Writers S.M. Weller

Cast

Marion Davies

as Elaine Brooks

Mary Richards

as Mrs. Brooks, her mother

Eloise Clement

as Mrs. Durand

Wilmuth Merkyl

as Robert Ames

L. Rogers Lytton

as George Blair

Willard Cooley

as Frank Raymond

Fred Hearn

as William Kemp

Fred Lenox

as Butler

Maude Lowe

as Maid