The Scarlet Crystal

Feb 5, 1917

0h 50m

★ 0.0

Overview

Priscilla Worth, an innocent country girl, goes to the city to visit her aunt, who has sent for her, thinking that her childlike simplicity will afford a welcome relief to Vincent Morgan, a wealthy bachelor and man-about-town. The plan works, but soon after Vincent and Priscilla's marriage, Vincent, besieged by his friends to return to his gay life and suspicious of his wife's relationship with Durant--an artist who has painted her portrait--yields to temptation.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Universal Film Manufacturing Company

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Cast

Vincent Morgan

Herbert Rawlinson

Priscilla Worth

Betty Schade

Marie Delys

Dorothy Davenport

Maxfield Durant

Raymond Whittaker

Helen Forbes

Gertrude Astor

Edith Johnson

Nicholas Dunaew

Peggy Lovel

Marie Hazelton

Billy Van Duyn

Dick Ryan

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