More Truth Than Poetry
Overview
When Vera, the daughter of steel king Daniel Maitland, marries Blair, a young lawyer, her father cuts her off with only a small allowance. A few months later, Blair becomes famous by securing the acquittal of one of his friends who had killed his wife's lover, basing his plea on "the unwritten law." He then succumbs to the fascination of another woman. Vera discovers them in a compromising situation and shoots Blair. At her trial, her lawyer is pleading for mercy when Vera explains that she does not want mercy, but justice.
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Crew
- Director
- Burton L. King
- Writers
- Emma Bell Clifton, Olga Petrova
- Production
- Metro Pictures Corporation
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More Truth Than Poetry was directed by Burton L. King.
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More Truth Than Poetry was released in 1917.
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