The Splendid Sin

The Splendid Sin (1919)

A tale of two women, the strong and the weak, and of exalted self-sacrifice in high life.

Although they have a happy marriage, Sir Charles Chatham, an explorer, and his American wife, Lady Marion, have been unable to have children. After Charles goes to Egypt, his sister Gertrude and her sweetheart Stephen Hartley, an American consulate attaché, take refuge from a storm in a deserted tower. Frightened, Gertrude yields to Stephen's advances. Although he intends to marry Gertrude, Stephen suddenly is called to deliver supplies to starving women and children in Russia. Marion takes the pregnant Gertrude away to have her child, and notifies Stephen, who, because he is shot during Bolshevik rioting, returns too late to marry Gertrude, who dies after childbirth. To honor Gertrude's dying request, and to provide Charles with a much desired child, Marion telegraphs Charles that the baby is theirs.

Date of release
1919-09-14
TMDB
10.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
50m
Genres
Drama
Director
Howard M. Mitchell

Casting

Interesting facts

The Splendid Sin is a lost 1919 American silent drama film directed by Howard M. Mitchell, and starring Madlaine Traverse from a screenplay by Denison Clift and story by Emil Forst. It was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation.

Production

Production was started in early July, 1919, and The Los Angeles Times claimed that she wore $15,000 worth of gowns for the picture.

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