The Devil's Needle (1916)
1916 · Silent film · 27 min · dir. Chester Withey
- Drama
Synopsis
Wynne Mortimer, a pampered society girl and daughter of William Mortimer, a prominent business man, chances to meet David White, a young artist whose fame is already assured, at an art exhibit. Despite the fact that she is engaged to marry Hugh Gordon, the junior partner of her father, she falls in love with the artist. He invites the girl and her father to visit his studio and the invitation is accepted. Renee, a model, has been in love with David White for years and he has seemingly reciprocated her love. When Wynne Mortimer appears on the scene, however, he forgets all thoughts of love for Renee. The model is quick to realize the change in her lover. Secretly, she has been a user of cocaine. To forget the heartache the growing attachment between her lover and Wynne causes her, she turns to the cocaine. Wynne, led on by her interest in the artist and his insistence that she is the only one who can justly typify the spirit of a new picture at which he is at work, goes to the studio and poses for him. Hugh Gordon follows her and after a violent scene with the painter takes Wynne to her father, who upbraids her and forbids her to again see the painter. David is dejected at the loss of Wynne and finally takes to using cocaine. Before he has become a complete victim to the habit, however, Wynne dares her father's vengeance and returns to the studio. She and David finally run away and are married. In his anger Wynne's father turns her from home. David rapidly becomes an habitual…
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Details
- Director
- Chester Withey
- Writer
- Chester Withey
- Studio
- Fine Arts Film Company
- Released
- 1916-08-12
- Running time
- 27 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Silent Films, Feature Films
Cast & crew
Chester Withey Director
Norma Talmadge
Tully Marshall
Marguerite Marsh
F.A. Turner
Howard Gaye
John E. Brennan- Paul Le Blanc
Monte Blue