1917 · 50 min · dramat

The Web of Desire

Opis filmu

Opis oryginalny: angielski

When his wife Grace inherits her father's stock, John Miller, the president of the Western Power and Development Company, becomes a millionaire and moves to New York with his family. Beset by business problems, Miller pays little attention to his wife, and Grace, feeling neglected, takes up with a bohemian set. Among her new acquaintances she meets Stuart Mordant, the attorney for Thomas Hurd, a business rival of Miller's. Grace seeks refuge from loneliness in Mordant, who makes a bargain with Hurd to gain control of her husband's company for half a million dollars. Mordant succeeds in compromising Grace and Miller, finding evidence of his wife's betrayal, insists upon a divorce. Grace transfers her stock to Mordant, and at the stockholders' meeting, Hurd demands Miller's resignation. He is about to comply when Grace enters, exposes Mordant and destroys the transfer. Miller offers Mordant a pistol, suggesting that suicide is his only honorable alternative

Reżyseria i główne role

Reżyseria: Emile Chautard

Główne role: Ethel Clayton jako Grace Miller, Rockliffe Fellowes jako John Miller, Doris Field jako Mrs. Langley, Richard Turner jako Stuart Mordant, Edward Kimball jako Thomas Hurd, Madge Evans jako Marjorie

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Scenariusz

Frances Marion, E. Lloyd Sheldon