The Double Standard

The Double Standard is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Phillips Smalley^[1] and starring Roy Stewart, Clarissa Selwynne and Joseph W. Girard.^[2][3] The film duration is 50 minutes.^[4] As of 2021, this film was considered lost.^[5]

The Double Standard
Directed by	Phillips Smalley
Written by	Elliott J. Clawson Brand Whitlock
Starring	Roy Stewart Clarissa Selwynne Joseph W. Girard
Cinematography	Stephen S. Norton
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	September 23, 1917 (1917-09-23)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Premise

The American Film Institute offers a plot summary based on contemporary sources.^[3] It contains elements of melodrama.

Cast

• Roy Stewart as John Fairbrother
• Clarissa Selwynne as Grace Fairbrother
• Joseph W. Girard as Bishop Ferguson
• Frank Elliott as Charles Ferguson
• Hazel Page as Mace
• Frank Brownlee as Editor George Ferguson
• Irene Aldwyn as Lily
• Maxfield Stanley as Albert
• Dana Ong as Lawyer

Reception

A review in Variety found the plot confusing and stated, "The story, or what appeared of it, has a strain similar to that compounded in Herman Lieb’s vaudeville sketch "Dope"."^[6]