# Scandal Proof

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{{short description|1925 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Scandal Proof
| image          = Scandal Proof (1925) lobby card.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Lobby card
| director       = [Edmund Mortimer](/source/Edmund_Mortimer_(actor))
| producer       = 
| screenplay     = [Charles Kenyon](/source/Charles_Kenyon)
| starring       = [Shirley Mason](/source/Shirley_Mason_(actress))<br>[John Roche](/source/John_Roche_(actor))<br>[Freeman Wood](/source/Freeman_Wood)<br>Hazel Howell<br>[Frances Raymond](/source/Frances_Raymond)<br>[Ruth King](/source/Ruth_King_(actress))
| music          = 
| cinematography = 
| editing        = 
| studio         = [Fox Film Corporation](/source/Fox_Film)
| distributor    = Fox Film Corporation
| released       = {{Film date|1925|5|31}}
| runtime        = 50 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = [Silent](/source/Silent_film) (English [intertitle](/source/intertitle)s)
| budget         = 
| gross          =
}}

'''''Scandal Proof''''' is a lost 1925 American [silent](/source/silent_film) [drama film](/source/drama_film) directed by [Edmund Mortimer](/source/Edmund_Mortimer_(actor)) and written by [Charles Kenyon](/source/Charles_Kenyon). The film stars [Shirley Mason](/source/Shirley_Mason_(actress)), [John Roche](/source/John_Roche_(actor)), [Freeman Wood](/source/Freeman_Wood), Hazel Howell, [Frances Raymond](/source/Frances_Raymond), and [Ruth King](/source/Ruth_King_(actress)). The film was released on May 31, 1925, by [Fox Film Corporation](/source/Fox_Film).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/499992/scandal-proof |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821003853/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/499992/Scandal-Proof/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 21, 2014 |title=Scandal Proof (1925) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=November 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Janiss Garza |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/scandal-proof-v108991 |title=Scandal Proof (1925) - Edmund Mortimer |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=November 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/11901 |title=Scandal Proof |publisher=Catalog.afi.com |date= |accessdate=November 4, 2018}}</ref>

==Plot==
As described in a film magazine review,<ref>{{Citation |title=New Pictures: ''Scandal Proof'' |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=152–153 |date=27 June 1925 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=Chicago, Illinois |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald22unse/page/n181/mode/1up |access-date=30 May 2022}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> Grace Whitney uses her inheritance to open up an [Oriental shop](/source/Orientalism), but the business is almost bankrupt. Monty Brandster comes in the shop and purchases an expensive jade necklace for Thelma Delores, who looks to be a [gold digger](/source/gold_digger). Monte invites Grace to a New Year's Eve party at his home, which proves to be a wild all night affair. After Monte is killed, Grace is held based upon [circumstantial evidence](/source/circumstantial_evidence). During the trial, when she is about to be convicted, she is saved by the testimony of a suitor, Herbert Wyckoff.

==Cast==            
{{Cast listing|
*[Shirley Mason](/source/Shirley_Mason_(actress)) as Enid Day / Grace Whitney
*[John Roche](/source/John_Roche_(actor)) as Herbert Wyckoff
*[Freeman Wood](/source/Freeman_Wood) as Monty Brandster
*Hazel Howell as Thelma Delores
*[Frances Raymond](/source/Frances_Raymond) as Mrs. Brandster
*[Ruth King](/source/Ruth_King_(actress)) as Lillian Hollister
*[Edward Martindel](/source/Edward_Martindel) as Reed Hollister
*[Joseph Striker](/source/Joseph_Striker) as Dick Thorbeck
*Billy Fay as Benny Hollister
*[Clarissa Selwynne](/source/Clarissa_Selwynne) as Miss Wyckoff
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0016315|Scandal Proof}}
*[https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/scandal-proof-us-lobbycard-shirley-mason-1925-news-photo/1137223551 Lobby card] at www.gettyimages.com

{{Edmund Mortimer}}

Category:1925 films
Category:1925 English-language films
Category:American silent drama films
Category:1925 drama films
Category:Fox Film films
Category:Films directed by Edmund Mortimer
Category:American silent feature films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:1925 American films
Category:English-language drama films

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