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The Perils of Divorce Synopsis

A few years into their marriage, Constance and John Graham apparently have proved wrong all of the doubters who advised against their May-December romance. Then, Alice Lorraine, who loved John before he met Constance, decides to break up his marriage. She convinces John that Constance is having an affair with Mason Tegars, after which John divorces his wife, who is soon reduced to dancing in a Chinatown cabaret, and marries Alice. Having gained her revenge, Alice writes a letter to John explaining how she tricked him, and she then leaves town with another man. John and Constance's daughter Geraldine then arranges a meeting between her parents, during which they are reconciled.

Evidence Synopsis

A drunken Captain Pollock attempts to seduce Lady Una at a reception celebrating the birth of her son Abington. Innocent but caught in a compromising position, Lady Una is admonished by her husband, Lord Cyril. Curley Lushington, a family friend and devotee of Lady Una, tries to reconcile the two men by soliciting an apology from Pollock, but Cyril forcefully rejects the captain. Furious at the spurn, Pollock plots to implicate Lady Una further by deviously luring her to an inn where she believes her husband lays injured. Once more Lord Cyril discovers them in an apparent embrace and demands a separation, taking Abington with him. Five years later, hearing news of Pollock's impending death, Curley procures a confession exonerating Lady Una and schemes to reunite her with Lord Cyril. The plan goes awry, and Lady Una kidnaps Abington, but thanks to the continued efforts of both their son and Curley, the couple is happily reunited.