Unbeknownst to each other, Charles Macklin and his widowed father Arthur are having an affair with an exotic dancer called The Sphinx. When both come to see her at the same time, Charles gets upset, denounces the Sphinx, and is knocked out by Arthur. Arthur then decides to marry the Sphinx, while Charles then resumes his affair with Frances, to whom he was engaged before he met the Sphinx.
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Herbert Kelcey as Arthur Macklin
Effie Shannon as The Sphinx
Beatrice Noyes as Betty Macklin
Charles Compton as Charles Macklin
Louise Huff as Frances Evans
William Bechtel as Monsieur Valentine
United States 14 February 1916
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