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The Door Between is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Rupert Julian and starring Ruth Clifford, Monroe Salisbury and George A. McDaniel.[1] It is adapted from a story that appeared in serialized editions in McClure's Magazine in 1913-14.[2]

The Door Between
Directed by	Rupert Julian
Written by	Samuel Merwin (novel) Elliott J. Clawson
Starring	Ruth Clifford Monroe Salisbury George A. McDaniel
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	November 18, 1917
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Plot

Archibald Crocker, an American alcoholic, visits a geisha house in Japan where the scientist Dr. Anthony Ives Eckhart is staying to study Asian music. Dr. Eckhart discovers that Crocker has come to Asia to kill his wife Heloise in revenge for leaving him. After Dr. Eckhart leaves for Beijing and finds Heloise, they fall in love. After Crocker arrives, Dr. Eckhart convinces him to consider sparing Heloise and seeking a legal separation instead. However, an hour later he arrives at Eckhart and Heloise's hotel to kill her. Crocker breaks his leg after Eckhart pushes him down a flight of stairs, and he decides to kill himself. Archibald and Heloise marry afterwards.[2]

Cast

• Ruth Clifford as Heloise Crocker
• Monroe Salisbury as Anthony Ives Eckhart
• George A. McDaniel as Archibald Crocker
• W. H. Bainbridge as Sir Robert

References

Bibliography

• Robert B. Connelly. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.

External links

• The Door Between at IMDb

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