The Lure of Mammon (1915)
Fire destroys the vessel which is bringing Dorinda back to America. The girl is washed ashore. She is later rescued by Thorston, a millionaire. Thorston, who falls madly in love with the girl, restores her to her father. The millionaire invites the Ladues to visit them. While his guest, Dorinda meets Hastings, his secretary. The two fall in love with each other at first sight. Dorinda, however, consents to become Thorston's wife, out of a sense of duty to her father. Just before the wedding, Ladue dies as the result of an accident. Bound by her promise, Dorinda marries Thorston. Events which transpire on the wedding day, lead the millionaire to believe bis bride guilty of a clandestine love affair with Hastings. Insane with rage, Thorston deliberately humiliates his wife of an hour, before the guests. The limits of Dorinda's endurance are finally reached and she rushes out of the room. Celeste, her chum, endeavors to console her. Hastings, Celeste's escort for the evening, follows the girl. While Hastings and Celeste wait for Dorinda, Thorston follows his wife to her room. A violent storm arises. Learning that his wife is determined to leave him, the millionaire endeavors to throttle her. A bolt of lightning crashes through the window, killing the scoundrel. The young widow retains Hastings to look after the estate left by her husband. Led to believe her secretary is in love with Celeste, Dorinda endeavors to further the match. Dorset, one of Thorston's friends, determines to win Dorinda. A fortune hunter, the man is prepared to marry her by fair means or foul. Dorset soon learns the true state of affairs. He realizes that he must get Hastings out of the way before he can hope to marry Dorinda. The scoundrel's opportunity comes when he flees the secretary enter the vault in the Thorston library. Utterly unscrupulous, Dorset fells Hastings, and locks him in the vault. Dorinda enters the room an instant later. Her suspicions aroused by Hastings' disappearance, she has a search made. Hastings recovers consciousness. Realizing that he is in danger of suffocating, he frantically pounds on the door of the vault. Dorset boldly asserts his belief that the secretary has absconded with Dorinda's money. Just at this moment, the girl hears the noise coming from the vault. Perceiving that his plot has gone for naught, Dorset is filled with a desire for vengeance. Leveling a pistol, he forbids Dorinda to attempt to rescue his victim. By a clever ruse, however, the girl disarms the would-be murderer. Hastings is released in the nick of time. It is then that Dorinda learns of her error, that it is she, and not Celeste, whom Hastings has loved all along. While Dorset is led away under arrest. Dorinda promises to become Hastings' wife.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Kenean Buel | Director |
| Cast | Role |
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| Fania Marinoff | |
| James B. Ross | |
| John Mackin | |
| Robert Walker |
