The Spider (1916)
1916 · Newsreel · 10 min · dir. Robert G. Vignola
In which the superb emotional artiste presents two distinct characterizations
- Drama
Synopsis
Valerie St. Cyr, seizes a chance for excitement and money, deserts her infant daughter Joan and her impoverished husband and runs away to Paris with the Count Du Poissy. Years later, without knowing that they are mother and daughter, both Valerie and Joan fall in love with artist Julian St. Saens, who rejects the former but becomes engaged to the latter. Enraged, Valerie convinces the count to kidnap Joan, but after she is captured, Joan stabs the count to death. When Valerie learns that Joan…
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Details
- Director
- Robert G. Vignola
- Writer
- William H. Clifford
- Studio
- Famous Players Film Company, Paramount Pictures
- Released
- 1916-01-27
- Running time
- 10 minutes
Cast & crew
Robert G. Vignola Director
Pauline Frederick
Thomas Holding
Frank Losee
Helen Lindroth
