The Web of Desire (1917)

The Web of Desire

1917

Drama

Synopsis

When his wife Grace inherits her father's stock, John Miller, the president of the Western Power and Development Company, becomes a millionaire and moves to New York with his family. Beset by business problems, Miller pays little attention to his wife, and Grace, feeling neglected, takes up with a bohemian set. Among her new acquaintances she meets Stuart Mordant, the attorney for Thomas Hurd, a business rival of Miller's. Grace seeks refuge from loneliness in Mordant, who makes a bargain with Hurd to gain control of her husband's company for half a million dollars.

Credits

Director

Émile Chautard

Cast

Doris Field as Mrs. Langley

Edward Kimball as Thomas Hurd

Ethel Clayton as Grace Miller

Madge Evans as Marjorie

Richard Turner as Stuart Mordant

Rockliffe Fellowes as John Miller

William A. Williams as Robert Elwell

Crew