''Midnight Molly'' is a 1925 American silent

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directed by

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and starring

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in a

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. A print of the film exists in the

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Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine, Midnight Molly, surprised by detectives as she is stealing a painting, escapes but is run down by an automobile and is taken to the hospital. Margaret, wife of District Attorney John Warren (Gordon), elopes with adventurer George Calvin. John is called to the hospital and finds that Molly is the double of his wife. Hoping to avert a scandal, he takes her home. Molly recovers and keeps up the deception. John runs for governor. Calvin hears of this and, seeing a chance for blackmail, returns. Detective Daley is suspicious of Molly and hopes to trap her by taking her fingerprints. However, Daley's stool pigeon squeals on his plans. Molly goes to Margaret and forces her to come to the Warren house and be fingerprinted, saving the situation. Margaret and Calvin are later killed, and John and Molly are married.

Cast

as Margaret Warren / Midnight Molly * John T. Dillon as Daley (credited as John Dillon) * Bruce Gordon as John Warren *

Léon Bary Léon Bary (6 June 1880 – 7 January 1954) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1916 and 1955.

as George Calvin (as Leon Barry) * John Gough as Fogarty

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Midnight Molly 1925 films 1925 drama films Silent American drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Lloyd Ingraham Film Booking Offices of America films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films English-language drama films