As in a Looking Glass (1916)

As in a Looking Glass

1916

Drama

Synopsis

Scandalous European temptress Lila Despard, travels to America to escape her lover, criminal Jack Firthenbras. On the ship, she meets Andrew Livingston, a United States Navy planner, and Senator and Mrs. Gales. Her new friends host a party for Lila in Washington, D.C., where a spy named Dromiroff threatens to expose her past unless she steals Andrew's secret naval plans. In order to secure the papers, Lila makes love to Andrew, but the plan backfires when she falls in love with him.

Credits

Director

Frank Hall Crane

Cast

Charles Eldridge as Senator Gales

Eugenie Woodward as Mrs. Gales

Frank Goldsmith as Jack Firthenbras

George Majeroni as Dromiroff

Gladden James as Lord Udolpho

Kitty Gordon as Lila Despard

Lillian Cook as Miss Vyse

Lumsden Hare as Andrew Livingston