One Law for Both
One Law for Both is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Ivan Abramson. Plot Elga Pulsaki (Rita Jolivet) and her brother Ossip (James W. Morrison) emigrate to the United States from Russia to escape persecution. Elga marries Norman Hutchinson (Vincent Serrano), but their marital bliss is torn asunder when Norman learns that Elga had had sex with a government official in Russia who had threatened her brother. Norman throws Elga out of the house, but Norman's sister reminds him that he did not suggest the same course of action for her when she realized her husband (Count de Fernac, played by Pedro de Cordoba) had previously fathered a child out of wedlock. Struck by cognitive dissonance—the unequal treatment of the sexes—Norman apologizes to Elga and they are reunited. Cast Rita Jolivet at Elga Pulaski James W. Morrison as Ossip Pulaski Leah Baird as Helen Vincent Serrano as Norman Hutchinson Paul Capellani as Baron Jan Slezak Helen Arnold as Magda Pedro de Cordoba as Count de Fernac Margaret Greene as Renee Anders Randolf as The Governor, General Gourko Hassan Mussalli as Feodor Wolski Walter Gould as Henri Reception One Law for Both was director Ivan Abramson's most involved production