A 50-minute silent melodrama where an orphan's fortune becomes her prison — 1916 cinema didn't play nice.
Audrey, an orphan, becomes the ward of a wealthy man, but when he travels to England, she is turned over to an unscrupulous couple who usurp her money and turn her into a slave.
Acting
Pauline Frederick's face does all the talking, literally.
Production
Surviving 1916 print — film history you can actually watch.
Director
Robert G. Vignola
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pauline Frederick was one of the highest-paid silent stars; this was her second film that year.
The 'orphan heiress' trope exploded in 1910s cinema as progressive era reformers exposed actual guardianship corruption.
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