A 1916 silent melodrama so extra it invented toxic romance tropes before talkies existed.
Therese Roger, daughter of a West Indian planter, whose parents are murdered while she is a baby, becomes the adopted daughter of her aunt, Madame Roger, keeper of a haberdashery shop in one of the smaller villages in southern France. She grows up with Camille, Madame Roger's son, a sickly, sexless creature, whom she ultimately marries in deference to her aunt's wishes.
Acting
Violet Horner's face does ALL the talking. Eyebrow acting legend.
Production
West Indies to France location whiplash on a 1916 budget.
Director
Kenean Buel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film is considered lost—no complete print survives, only fragments and stills. You'll be imagining half the plot anyway.
Kenean Buel directed dozens of one-reelers for Fox in the 1910s; this was his attempt at 'prestige' four-reel drama. The West Indian plantation opening was exotic filler for white audiences.
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