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The Cheat

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 Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Cheat is a 1915 film starring Sessue Hayakawa and directed by Cecil B. DeMille.Edith Hardy (Fanny Ward) is an idle Long Island socialite who keeps pestering her husband Richard (Jack Dean) for more spending money. Richard is neglecting her for work, and can't give her any spending cash anyway as all his money is tied up in an investment. Edith's idleness has led her to flirt with Hishituru Tori, a Japanese ivory merchant (see Re-Cut below) played by Hayakawa in his Star-Making Role. Tori clearly has a thing for Edith, and she enjoys the attention.Edith is treasurer of the local charity, which is raising money for the Red Cross to use for aid to Belgium. When one of Richard's friends mentions a get-rich-quick scheme, Edith, greedy and tired of her husband's thriftiness, foolishly takes the charity's money and invests it. Naturally, she loses it, and in desperation turns to Tori. His earlier puppy dog adoration for Edith turns into something much more predatory once he has the upper hand. He suddenly demands sex with her in exchange for the money. She agrees, but then her husband's investment finally comes in, she gets him to write her a check, and she tries to renege on the deal and give Tori the money instead. He does not take it well.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })
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 Chiaroscuro: The opening scene, with Tori, in his dimly-lit room, branding his statues.
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 Entitled to Have You
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 Entitled to Have You: Tori's reaction after Edith tries to back out of their money-for-sex deal.
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 Attempted Rape: When Edith refuses to have sex with Tori and tries to give him his money back instead—the titular "cheat"—he demands she keep her end of the bargain, and tries to take her by force. They struggle, and he ends up branding her with the red-hot brand on his desk. She grabs a gun, shoots him non-fatally in the shoulder, and runs away. The film does not show the brand hitting Edith's skin, but it does show smoke rising as Tori's face contorts with rage. The scene is still shocking. When the film was remade in 1931 the director focused his camera on shadows against the wall as the branding took place off-screen.
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