![]() When The Cheat was originally released in 1915, it sparked protests from Japan and Japanese Americans. Sessue as the more calm and calculated type against Fannie’s more melodramatic performance, makes the scenes more engaging to watch. Both of them don’t necessarily put on an amazing performance, however, they both contrast well. Perhaps this is due to the creative shot sequences mentioned above, or the acting by Fannie Ward and Sessue Hayakawa. One major aspect that stood out was that there are less intertitles than many other films of the time. These superimposed shots remind me of sequences in Lois Weber’s Suspense just a few years earlier. This keeps the moment more engaging and dramatic, then it could have otherwise been. One example is the superimposing of images over one another to convey the thoughts and conversation between Edith and Haka, without having a distracting intertitle. Her Husband, Richard (Dean), takes the blame to protect her and the affair goes to trial.Ĭecil B Demille uses some interesting shot techniques in The Cheat. ![]() Haka assaults Edith when she attempts to pay off her debt and she shoots and wounds Haka. ![]() That quickly fails and she resorts to begging for a loan from Haka Arakau, a Burmese (originally Japanese prior to protests upon original release) ivory merchant played by Sessue Hayakawa, that takes advantage of her. Impatiently, she takes advantage of her treasury position at the red cross and takes $10,000 and tries to invest it herself. An overindulged socialite named Edith, played by Fannie Ward, is asked to cut back on the lavish spending by her husband until his investments can pay off.
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