The Lawful Cheater
The Lawful Cheater, sometimes referred to as Lawful Cheaters, is a 1925 American silent crimedrama film written by Frank OConnor and Adele S. Buffington, directed by OConnor for B.P. Schulberg Productions, and starring Clara Bow, David Kirby, and Raymond McKee. After its 1925 U.S. theatrical release, the film was banned by the British Board of Film Censors.
Molly Burns Clara Bow is a young woman whose indiscreet behavior causes her to be caught and jailed in a police round up of suspicious characters. Her prison experience causes her to reflect upon and reform her own life. She convinces jail authorities that her two brothers and her boyfriend could be dissuaded from a life of crime. After her early release, she attempts to reform her indiscreet friends.In American film cycles the silent era, the film is called an offbeat crime drama. In noting the film was a cheaply produced melodrama with a storyline that was slight and trite, Hal Erickson of AllRovi wrote that beyond the film benefitting from actual use of New York City locations, Clara Bow acted as the films sole redeeming factor. He noted that at one point in the film, Bows character of Molly Burns appeared in male drag which even if far from convincing, was fun to watch. ........
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