Marked Cards (1918)

Ellen Shannon the daughter of selfmade Irish politician Pat Shannon is engaged to Ted Breslin but because Pat began his career as a menial laborer Teds mother Mrs J De Barth Breslin refuses to sanction the marriage Heartbroken Ted takes up drinking and gambling with Poker LeMoyne and Don Jackson while Ellen attends a finishing school hoping to improve herself While trying to elude her chaperone Ellen unwittingly dashes into a mans hotel room and from the window she witnesses Don and Poker playing cards while Ted lies unconscious from too much drink When the two gamblers quarrel Don kills Poker but Ted is accused of the crime