The Intrigue

The Intrigue (1916)

The story of international scheming to obtain the rights to an X-ray gun-- the invention of an enterprising young American

A sci-fi/espionage film in which world powers vie for control of a death ray during World War I as an undercover countess infiltrates enemy ranks to prevent them from getting their hands on the weapon.

Date of release
1916-10-09
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 4m
Genres
Drama, Science Fiction, Romance, War
Director
Frank Lloyd

Casting

Interesting facts

The Intrigue is a surviving 1916 American silent drama film produced by Pallas Pictures and released through Paramount Pictures. Frank Lloyd directed the film which was written by Julia Crawford Ivers and photographed by her son James Van Trees. The star is young Lenore Ulric and a young, then-unknown King Vidor makes one of his earliest appearances in a film as an actor. The movie is also one of the earliest surviving films of Vidor's wife Florence. The film is extant at the Library of Congress along with several early Lloyd directed films from 1915/16.

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