''Forbidden Waters'' is a 1926 American silent

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directed by Alan Hale and starring

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, Walter McGrail, and Dan Mason.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, J. Austin Bell, a divorced man, promises his former wife Nancy not to marry again unless she approves of the woman. He becomes infatuated with Ruby, an adventuress, who vows to win him from the courting of his former wife. The wife is aided by a man who has been robbed of some letters by the adventuress and her confederate. At the critical moment, Bell has the two arrested when Ruby goes too far in her scheme, and the man remarries his former wife.

Cast

as Nancy Bell * Walter McGrail as J. Austin Bell * Dan Mason as Nugget Pete *

Casson Ferguson Casson Ferguson (May 29, 1891 – February 12, 1929) was an American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1917 and 1928. His father was John J. Ferguson, a jeweler in Alexandria, Louisiana. Early in his ...

as Sylvester * De Sacia Mooers as Ruby

References

Bibliography

* Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

* 1926 films Silent American comedy films Films directed by Alan Hale Sr. American silent feature films 1920s English-language films Producers Distributing Corporation films American black-and-white films 1926 comedy films 1920s American films English-language comedy films {{1920s-silent-comedy-film-stub