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Cast

Ethel Clayton

Ethel Clayton

Anne Woodstock

Vernon Steele

Vernon Steele

Christopher Armstrong

Zasu Pitts

Zasu Pitts

Jennie Dunn

Bertram Grassby

Bertram Grassby

Dr. Joseph Kasimir

Mayme Kelso

Mayme Kelso

Smith

Sylvia Ashton

Sylvia Ashton

Signora Bartoni

Mabel Van Buren

Mabel Van Buren

Cousin Selma

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Paul Powell

Paul Powell

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Beulah Marie Dix

Beulah Marie Dix

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Elmer Rice

Elmer Rice

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For the Defense

19220.0 / 1050 min
Drama

Overview

Singer Anna Woodstock loses her voice, but a visit to a hypnotist, Dr. Joseph Kasimir, brings it back. What Anna doesn't realize is that her illness was purely psychosomatic and Kasimir is a swindler.