01 April 1917 Drama, Horror 58 mins
A physician enacts revenge on the woman he loves after she marries another by treating her exhaustion with maddening drugs. The film depicts her descent into madness in a red-tinted trip to hell itself.
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Margarita Fischer as Marta
Monroe Salisbury as Dr. Lorenz
Kathleen Kirkham as Marion Dane
Jack Mower as John Lane
Joe Harris as Butler
United States 01 April 1917
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