The Masqueraders (film)

The Masqueraders is a 1915 American drama silent film directed by James Kirkwood, Sr.

The film stars Hazel Dawn, Elliott Dexter, Frank Losee, Norman Tharp, Ida Darling and Evelyn Farris.

[1][2][3] High-born but poor Dulcie Larondie is working as a bar maid in the Skagg Inn when she accepts a marriage proposal from the wealthy Sir Brice Skene, rejecting in the process the love of David Remon, an impoverished astronomer.

Sir Brice turns out to be a drunk, a gambler and a wife-beater, who loses his fortune four years into the marriage.

Remon wins her back in a game of cards with Skene, who is shortly afterwards murdered by a blackmailing acquaintance.

Contemporary newspaper advertisement.