''More Trouble'' is a 1918 American silent situation

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directed by Ernest C. Warde based on a story by Edgar Franklin and adapted for the screen by

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. The film was released by

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in July 1918, but had a pre-release screening at New York's Rivoli Theatre in May of that same year.

Plot

As described in

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, wealthy steel-mill owner, Lemuel Deering (Keenan), welcomes his son Harvey (Gilbert) back from college. Not long after Harvey arrives home, bills begin rolling in for all sorts of vices: alcohol, pool, cigars, etc. Thinking his son an upstanding young citizen, Lemuel is appalled and Harvey denies that he had anything to do with the bills. Eventually, a bill comes in for $25,000. Lemuel refuses to pay and the bank forecloses on his mill. Harold, Harvey's friend from college, shows up and admits that he has been forging Harvey's signature because his own father has cut him off. Harold had trusted that Harvey would not turn him in out of loyalty as a fraternity brother.

Cast

Frank Keenan Frank Keenan (born James Francis Keenan; April 8, 1858 – February 24, 1929) was an American stage and film actor and stage director and manager during the silent-film era. He was among the first stage actors to star in Hollywood, and he purs ...

as Lemuel Deering * John Gilbert as Harvey Deering *

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as Mrs. Deering * Roberta Wilson as Miriam Deering * Joseph J. Dowling as Cecil Morrowton * Jack Rollens as Harold Morrowton *

Helen Dunbar Helen Dunbar (born Katheryn Burke Lackey; October 10, 1863 – August 28, 1933) was an American theatrical performer and silent film actress. Career Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dunbar first appeared with the Weber & Fields Stock Co ...

as Mrs. Morton Wells *

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as Jack Wells *

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as Barnabas Bandwig *

Aggie Herring Agnes Herring (February 4, 1876 – October 28, 1939) was an American actress. She appeared in more than 100 films between 1915 and 1939. She was born in San Francisco and died in Santa Monica, California.