The Devil's Apple Tree

Story

Synopsis

Unable to pay for her passage upon setting sail to the tropics to meet her mail-order husband, Dorothy Ryan assumes the identity of a wealthy passenger who is presumed dead. Enjoying the preferential treatment she receives; Dorothy continues the masquerade when she arrives at her destination. She forgets all about her husband-to-be and falls for local aristocrat John Rice (Larry Kent). The party ends when the woman whom Dorothy is pretending to be suddenly shows up, very much alive and incredibly angry. Disgraced in the eyes of John's family, Dorothy wanders into the jungle only to be captured by natives and sentenced to be burned at the stake. Will true love John be able to rescue her in time?

Director

Elmer Clifton

Writers

Frederic Hatton, Fanny Hatton, Lillian Ducey

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

20 February 1929

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Dorothy Sebastian

  Dorothy Ryan

• 

  Larry Kent

  John Rice

• 

  Edward Martindel

  Col. Rice

• 

  Ruth Clifford

  Jane Morris

• 

  George Cooper

  Cooper

• Cosmo Kyrle Bellew

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