A 50-minute silent drama where the title promises scandal and the poster delivers longing stares.
Crooked gambler Eddie Kane induces his estranged wife, Poppy, to help him blackmail Brownlow Clay, the owner of a clean-cut gambling establishment in Tijuana. The plan involves Kane "discovering" Poppy in Clay's private apartment to demand hush money. During the setup, Poppy finds herself genuinely falling for Clay. Overcome with remorse and ashamed of her part in the "badger game," Poppy chooses to protect Clay and double-crosses her husband instead. With Kane's plot defeated, Poppy and Clay are free to marry and start a happy future together.
Acting
Alice Lake's silent-era eye acting carries entire emotional arcs.
Production
Lost film partially reconstructed — watch history being guessed at.
Director
Irving Cummings
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Most prints were lost; surviving versions are reconstructed from fragments found in a 1990s Czech archive.
Based on a Saturday Evening Post story — this was prestige IP before IP was a word.
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