The Rescue (1917 film)


The Rescue is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Ida May Park and starring Lon Chaney. It is not known whether the film currently survives, which suggests that it is a lost film.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Anne Wetherall returns to the stage after the court grants her a divorce. She returns to her former home when she finds out that her younger sister Betty is throwing herself on her ex-husband Kent. Her fight to win back her man from Betty ends up at the justice of the peace, where she an Kent are remarried. There is a subplot involving Kent's visits to a sanitarium on a houseboat which arise jealousy in Anne.

Cast