That Devil, Bateese
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Genre Action, Drama | 4.8/10 IMDb Director William Wolbert Duration Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writer Bernard McConville , Bess Meredyth Release date September 2, 1918 (1918-09-02) Cast (Louis Courteau), (Bateese Latour), (Kathleen StJohn), (Martin Stuart), Andrew Robson (Father Pierre)Similar movies Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), Mildred Pierce (1945), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), Captain Blood (1935), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
That Devil, Bateese is an 1918 American silent action-drama film directed by William Wolbert and starring Monroe Salisbury, Ada Gleason, and Lon Chaney. It was Chaney's final film in his first stint at Universal Studios. The film is now considered lost.
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Plot
As described in a film magazine, Kathleen St. John (Gleason) of Montreal goes to the north woods to teach school and forget an unfortunate love affair. She is attacked by Louis Courteau (Chaney) in the woods and Bateese Latour (Salisbury), commonly known as "that devil, Bateese," saves her from Courteau's unwanted embraces. Bateese falls madly in love with her, and when an opportunity presents itself he forces her to marry him. Later, when her former lover turns out to be untrue, she turns to Bateese, who has attempted to take his own life by allowing his canoe to go over a waterfall. Kathleen finds happiness she little dreamed of in the strong arms of Bateese.
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Reception
Like many American films of the time, That Devil, Bateese was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required a cut, in Reel 4, of the intertitle "You marry — or not marry. I take you just the same."
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