The Master Mind (1920)

Directors

Kenneth Webb

Cast

Bradley Barker, Lionel Barrymore, Marie Shotwell, Percy Helton, Ralph Kellard

The story

As described in a film magazine, in revenge for the successful prosecution of his younger brother Richard, accused of murder but innocent, by district attorney Wainwright, Henry Allen, whose two passions are the study of psychology and his love for his brother, schemes to return the hurt to the lawyer and take away that which he holds dear. Finding that Wainwright loves a portrait of a young woman with a criminal record, Henry develops a scheme that takes Maggie from prison and educates her abroad. Upon completion of her education he surrounds her with a pretending family, presumably to cover up her past, and brings her and the lawyer…

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