That Devil, Bateese

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.^[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[2] 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.

Cast

• Monroe Salisbury as Bateese Latour
• Adda Gleason as Kathleen St. John (credited as Ada Gleason)
• Lamar Johnstone as Martin Stuart
• Lon Chaney as Louis Courteau
• Andrew Robson as Father Pierre

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."^[3]

See also

• List of lost films

References

External links

• That Devil, Bateese at the Internet Movie Database