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Status
Released
Release
1917
Runtime
1h
Theda Bara's vamping is at its most evil here. She plays the Russian Princess Petrovitch, who loves only her pearls. Her husband, the Prince (E.F. Roseman), sells state secrets to a spy to pay her exorbitant bills, and her response is to report him to the secret police. Then she runs off to Monte Carlo with her lover, Count Zerstoff (Emil deVarney), but she poisons him after he racks up a load of gambling losses.
15 Cast Members
Theda Bara
Princess Petrovitch
Edward Roseman
Prince Petrovitch
Louis Dean
The Baron
Emil De Varney
The Count
John Webb Dillion
Stevan (as John Webb Dillon)
Glen White
Edwin Harris
Mary Martin
Mrs. Edwin Harris
Herbert Heyes
Mark Harris
Kittens Reichert
Harris Child
Edward Holt
Harris Boy's Father
Florence Martin
Marion Harding
George Clarke
Marion's Father
Kate Blancke
Marion's Mother
Charles McCann
Hans Unterkircher
(uncredited)
