She stole state secrets for revenge, but honey, the real bomb was at home.
Engrossed in the perfection of a new high power explosive, the husband seems to neglect his wife. She is further piqued by the introduction into their home of a man whose presence is unexplained, but who is really a Secret Service operative guarding the invention. The Government has asked that the wife be kept in ignorance. In this frame of mind the wife lends a ready ear to Aachen, who suggests that the husband be taught a lesson by the abstraction of this all-absorbing formula. Through this means he gets the formula, but in the end the Government gathers him in, and the only permanent result is a needed lesson to the innocent little traitor.
Acting
Edna Goodrich's silent-era side-eye could kill a man.
Production
Gaslight era espionage before gaslighting had a name.
Director
Burton L. King
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during WWI when German spy panic peaked; 'Herr McGraff Von Aachen' was peak 1918 villain naming.
Director Burton L. King made over 150 films and you've probably never heard of any of them. Silent era grindset.
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