A 1915 silent where the Devil takes a bet and your soul is the wager.
The Devil, in the guise of a human, meets a young couple who remark upon looking at a Renaissance painting of a martyr that Evil could never triumph over Good. The Devil, taking this as a challenge, decides to bring about the couple's downfall.
Direction
Ince's studio system precision before the grammar settled.
Costume
Edward Connelly's Devil getup: theatrical menace, zero subtlety.
Director
Thomas H. Ince
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This dropped when Griffith's racism was dominating screens, making Ince's Satanic wager feel almost progressive by comparison.
Most Ince-Barker collabs from this era are lost; surviving prints of The Devil are rarer than a fair bet with Lucifer.
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