Scheming aunt, fixed bridge games, and a silent-era heiress who has NO idea she's the prize.
Jeanne, an orphaned young heiress, is about to be married off to an elderly man by her scheming aunt, who stands to make money on the marriage, a fact of which Jeanne is unaware. Jeanne is also unaware that her aunt heads a ring that runs crooked card games, and one night Jeanne attends a fixed bridge game at which her aunt hopes to cheat a wealthy young man out of his money...
Acting
Dorothy Dalton's expressive face doing ALL the heavy lifting.
Production
Surviving fragments of a 1921 gambling-drama time capsule.
Director
Frank Reicher
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on E. Phillips Oppenheim's 1908 novel, proving even 1921 Hollywood loved a literary adaptation.
Partially lost films like this are why archivists weep — we're watching shadows of a shadow, and somehow it still slaps.
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