Bored by her country life and misunderstood by her parents, Emma Rolfe marries Dr. Charles Bovar, an older man whose dedication to his medical practice results in wifely neglect. To alleviate her growing loneliness, Emma enjoys the company of many of the young men from the village and eventually begins an affair with Rudolph Bulwer.
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Valeska Suratt as Emma Rolfe
Eric Mayne as Dr. Charles Bovar
Mathilde Brundage as His Mother
John Goldsworthy as Rudolph Bulwer
Martin Faust as Philip
T. Jerome Lawler as Leo
Peter Lang as Lhereux
Dan Mason as Old Soldier
W. H. Burton as Priest
Danny Sullivan as Lhereux's Son
Lem F. Kennedy as Heminway
United States 29 July 1917
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