Carrying on with the antique business of her deceased father, Jacqueline Nevers is asked to catalog James Desboro's collection. When they fall in love, it induces the jealousy of Elena Clydesdale, a married woman who is also in love with James.
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Alice Joyce as Jacqueline Nevers
Betty Blythe as Elena Clydesdale
Walter McGrail as James Desboro
Percy Standing as Harry Clydesdale
Nellie Parker Spaulding as Aunt Hannah
Templar Saxe as Waudle
H.H. Pattee as Cairus
Tom Terriss Director
Joseph Shelderfer Director of Photography
Robert W. Chambers Novel
Katherine S. Reed Adaptation
United States 18 April 1918
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