That Devil, Bateese (1918)
After her romance with Martin Stuart shatters, Kathleen St. John leaves Montreal for the little village of Montrouge, where she plans to teach school. Kathleen loses her way between the station and the village and is attacked in the woods by the town bully, Louis Courteau. Seeing a pretty woman in distress, Bateese Latour, a warmhearted lumberjack whose drunken temper tantrums have earned him the sobriquet "That devil, Bateese," beats off her attacker. A short time later, Bateese falls in love with Kathleen, and promising to abandon his drinking, he carries her off and marries her.
- Date of release
- 1918-09-02
- Runtime
- 50m
- Director
- William Wolbert
Casting
- Monroe Salisbury — Bateese Latour
- Adda Gleason — Kathleen St.John (as Ada Gleason)
- Lamar Johnstone — Martin Stuart
- Lon Chaney — Louis Courteau
- Andrew Robson — Father Pierre
Interesting facts
That Devil, Bateese is a lost 1918 American silent action-drama film directed by William Wolbert and starring Monroe Salisbury, Ada Gleason, and Lon Chaney. The screenplay was written by Bernard McConville, based on a story written by Bess Meredyth. Even though this film was released before some of his earlier Universal films, it was actually Chaney's final film from his first stint at Universal Studios. Filming took place at Big Bear Lake and the San Bernardino National Forest in California.
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