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Public Opinion (1916)
50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Public Opinion (1916)

50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Hazel Gray, a young nurse, is in love with Phillip Carson, son of Mrs. Carson-Morgan, a philanthropist. Phillip, having quarreled with his step-father, leaves home, secures a position, and lives at the same boarding house as Hazel. Called ...See moreHazel Gray, a young nurse, is in love with Phillip Carson, son of Mrs. Carson-Morgan, a philanthropist. Phillip, having quarreled with his step-father, leaves home, secures a position, and lives at the same boarding house as Hazel. Called home by his mother's sudden illness, Phillip manages to have Hazel called on the case. Her recognition of the doctor as the man whose trickery she discovered in time to save her own honor, is concealed from Phillip, but her stay is rendered almost unbearable by the doctor's forced attentions. Mrs. Morgan dies suddenly and in terrible agony, from arsenic poisoning. Suspicion points to Hazel, proof of her knowledge of the location of a bottle of arsenic being established by Morgan. Her former supposed relations with the doctor appear as a reason for the crime. Phillip's testimony is against her, but Gordon Graham, a wealthy young man who is on the jury, is at once impressed with the girl's innocence, and succeeds in securing a verdict of "not guilty." Throughout the trail the spirit of the poisoned woman endeavors to point out the guilty person. The weight of public opinion, however, falls heavily upon the girl, sensational newspapers doing their share to increase it, until Hazel can find no place to stay. Finally Graham takes her to his sister's home where he declares his love for Hazel and an unshaken belief in her innocence. Smith, a dope fiend, refused drugs by Dr. Morgan, threateningly reveals his knowledge that the doctor has substituted arsenic for powders prescribed for his wife by the attending physician. During the struggle which follows, Hazel, Graham and a policeman appear, and Smith, having secured possession of the doctor's pistol, fires the shot which mortally wounds Dr. Morgan, who confesses in his dying moments that he is the guilty person. Hazel's innocence is thus established, the public opinion is quickly changed, and the girl goes to the waiting arms of the man who has so valiantly defended her. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Blanche Sweet Hazel Gray Hazel Gray See fewer	Anna Christie (1923)
Earle Foxe Dr. Henry Morgan Dr. Henry Morgan See fewer	Hangman's House (1928)
Edythe Chapman Mrs. Carson Morgan Mrs. Carson Morgan See fewer	The Runaway (1926)
Tom Forman Phillip Carson Phillip Carson See fewer	The Broken Wing (1923)
Elliott Dexter Gordon Graham Gordon Graham See fewer	The Witching Hour (1921)
Raymond Hatton Smith Smith See fewer	Behind the Front (1926)
R. Henry Grey Actor (as Robert Henry Gray) Actor (as Robert Henry Gray) See fewer	Twin Kiddies (1917)