The Double Standard is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Phillips Smalley and starring Roy Stewart, Clarissa Selwynne and Joseph W. Girard. The film duration is 50 minutes. As of 2021, this film was considered lost.
The American Film Institute offers a plot summary based on contemporary sources. It contains elements of melodrama. It revolves around a newly elected court judge, John Fairbrother, who leads a morality crusade against the dance halls and cafés of his city.
A review in Variety found the plot confusing and stated, "The story, or what appeared of it, has a strain similar to that compounded in Herman LiebâÂÂs vaudeville sketch "Dope"."