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The Web of Desire (1917)
Directed by Emile Chautard
Overview
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.
Rated NR | Length 50 minutes
Actors
Ethel Clayton | Rockliffe Fellowes | Doris Field | Richard Turner | Edward Kimball | Madge Evans | William A. Williams