Who Killed Walton?

Farnum Walton, a dissipated artist, is engaged to illustrate Marian Emlen's new book and invites her to a disreputable restaurant, ostensibly to discuss his ideas. At dinner, Walton tries to embrace Marian, who rushes to a phone booth to call her fiancé, anti-vice crusader Austin Booth. The self-righteous Austin, however, rebukes Marian so severely that she faints. Awakening hours later, she finds herself in Walton's apartment, the artist dead beside her. Politician George Hamilton agrees to help Marian, but Austin denounces her as a murderer. Knowing that Elsa Armytage was involved with Walton, George visits the woman, who confesses that she jealously quarreled with the artist on the evening of his death. When Walton dropped dead of heart failure, Elsa, seeking revenge, had the unconscious Marian carried to his apartment. Her name cleared, Marian abandons Austin for the more trusting George.

J. Barney Sherry

George Hamilton

Frank A. Bonn

Farnum Walton

Mary Mersch

Marian Emlen

Ed Brady

Austin Booth

Fontaine La Rue

Elsa Armytage

• Thomas N. HeffronDirector
• Frank CondonWriter
• Norman SherbrookWriter

Release date

April 14, 1918

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

50m

Genres

Mystery