En route to Australia, beautiful authoress Alice Gordon (Louise Lovely) is shipwrecked on a desert island in the company of wealthy book publisher John Meeson. Sensing that his days are numbered, and lacking pencil and paper, Meeson tattoos his last will and testament on Alice's lovely back.
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Louise Lovely as Alice Gordon
Lon Chaney as Jimmie
Jay Belasco as Eustace
Gretchen Lederer as Lady Holmhurst
C. Norman Hammond as John Meeson
Louise Emmons as Shipwreck Survivor (uncredited)
Mr. Meeson's Will Trailer
United States 17 July 1916
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