
Synopsis
Caroline discovers her husband's involvement with his secretary and leaves for Europe. After the birth of their son, she returns without telling him about the child. Her flirtations provoke the jealousy she wants, but his attempt to find grounds for divorce leads toward an unexpected confrontation.
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- Original language
- No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
- This copy runs
- 51:25
- Subtitles
- No subtitle track in this language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.
Wikimedia Commons · James Young · Public domain
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Historical context
Theda Bara's attempted return to feature filmmaking became her final feature appearance. The drama survives as one of the relatively few opportunities to see her work, beyond the publicity image of the silent-screen vamp.
Sources and availability
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 15, 2026.
Photograph credit
Photographs cropped, resized and optimized as WebP, displayed in monochrome.
- Theda Bara — Orval Hixon · Public domain
- Wyndham Standing — film screenshot (United Artists); https://archive.org/details/The_Son_of_Monte_Cristo · Public domain
- Dale Fuller — Unknown photographer; Exhibitors Herald (Apr. - Jun. 1922) on the Internet Archive · Public domain
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