You Can't Get Away with It

You Can't Get Away with It is a 1923 American silent romantic drama film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Percy Marmont, Malcolm McGregor, and Betty Bouton.^[1]

You Can't Get Away with It
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Directed by	Rowland V. Lee
Written by	Robert N. Lee Gouverneur Morris
Produced by	William Fox
Starring	Percy Marmont Malcolm McGregor Betty Bouton
Cinematography	G.O. Post
Production company	Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	December 9, 1923 (1923-12-09)
Running time	6 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[2] Jill, Jane, and May Mackie are left penniless when their father dies. They obtain employment but department store work breaks down Jill's health. Charles Hemingway, cursed with a selfish, unsympathetic wife, grows fond of Jill and she goes to live with him. Later, he dies and she has an opportunity to marry Henry Adams. Facing exposure, she confesses her past. He discards her and she returns to work as a store clerk, convinced that there is no escape from the penalties of doing wrong.

Cast

• Percy Marmont as Charles Hemingway
• Malcolm McGregor as Henry Adams
• Betty Bouton as Jill Mackie
• Barbara Tennant as Jane Mackie
• Grace Morse as May Mackie
• Clarissa Selwynne as Mrs. Hemingway
• Charles Cruz as Charles Hemingway Jr.

Production

You Can't Get Away With It was partially filmed on location at Santa Barbara, California.^[3]

Preservation

With no prints of You Can't Get Away with It located in any film archives,^[4] it is a lost film.