Out of the Quagmire

Out of the Quagmire (1916) is a drama film directed by Theodore Marston.

Arsdale, a candidate for mayor misconstrues the situation when he sees his wife Alice enter the apartment house of gambler Norton. Unknown to him Alice’s sister Mabel had married the dissolute Norton and made her life misery. Norton, recruited by Arsdale’s rival to incriminate his opponent surreptitiously tries to compromise Alice and Arsdale, consumed with jealousy shoots him, ruining all their lives.

Cast

Joseph Kilgour

Lawrence Arsdale

Julia Swayne Gordon

Alice Arsdale

Eleanor Woodruff

Mabel Britton

Ned Finley

Huggins

Robert Whitworth

Willard Norton

John T. Kelly

Mike Coran

Adele Kelly

Lucy Coran

Arthur Cozine

Bill Sheidy