The Two Edged Sword

The Two Edged Sword is a 1916 silent Vitagraph drama directed by George D. Baker. The film was written by Eugene V. Brewster and Lillian Case Russell, and it starred Edith Storey and Evart Overton.

Plot
A bored married woman (Josephine Earle) tired of her workaholic novelist husband (Jed Brooks) embarks on a trip with her friend and meets a handsome farmer she begins a fling with. The farmer (Logan Paul) falls head over heels, but the woman doesn't take it seriously. When her husband pays a surprise visit to the farm, the farmer realizes he's been had, and after the husband beats him in a fight, he commits suicide. His enraged sister (Edith Storey) vows vengeance.

Cast

 * Edith Storey as Mary Brooks
 * Evart Overton as Jed Brooks
 * Josephine Earl as Dorothy Allen
 * Robert Gaillard as Gordon Allen
 * Logan Paul as Farmer Brooks

Production
The film was shot in the fall of 1915.