The Crucial Test (1916)
Wicked Russian Grand Duke Bagroff becomes infatuated with Thanya, but she loves American artist Vance Holden. When Thanya's revolutionary brother Boris tells her that he plans to kill Bagroff, she agrees to help. The plan fails and Boris and Thanya are captured, but they soon escape to Paris where Thanya rejoins the struggling Vance. Bagroff finds Thanya and tells her that he will make Vance famous if she consents to be his mistress. Thanya agrees and Vance becomes an overnight success. Then, as Bagroff and Thanya prepare to spend their first night together, Boris appears and kills the duke, thereby allowing Thanya and Vance to spend a peaceful, successful life together.
- Date of release
- 1916-07-03
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- John Ince, Robert Thornby
Casting
- Kitty Gordon — Thanya
- Niles Welch — Vance Holden
- J. Herbert Frank — Grand Duke Alexander Bagroff
- William W. Cohill — Boris
- Winifred Harris — Princess
- Adolphe Menjou — Count Nicolai
Interesting facts
The Crucial Test is a lost 1916 American silent drama film directed by John Ince and Robert Thornby. It stars Kitty Gordon and was distributed by the World Film Corporation.
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