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Wolves of the Night Synopsis
Bruce Andrews, a mining engineer who owns a sheep ranch in a copper-rich region of the Northwest, marries vacationing Easterner Isabel Hollins, who is also loved by Burton Mortimer, the partner of Bruce's neighbor Edmund Rawn, an unscrupulous mine owner. Rawn makes Bruce a lucrative offer to investigate copper property in Chile so that he can gain control of Bruce's land. An explosion of dynamite set off at Rawn's request in the Chilean mine causes Bruce to lose his mind. While a Chilean shepherd and his daughter care for him, Isabel is told that he died. After Mortimer and Rawn surreptitiously ruin Isabel financially, she marries Mortimer to provide for her young son, and sells the ranch to Rawn. When Bruce recovers his senses and returns, Mortimer tells him about the marriage and claims that the child is his. Bruce leaves, but after learning the truth, he ruins Mortimer and Rawn on the stock market. After Mortimer kills himself, Bruce and Isabel are reunited.
Her Double Life Synopsis
Mary Doone (Theda Bara) lives in a tenement parish house run by Pastor Elliott Clifford (A. H. Van Buren). Mary joints the front as a nurse, and meets war correspondent Lloyd Stanley (Stuart Holmes), whom she had known from London. Stanley is about to take advantage of her when their hospital tent is bombed. Mary finds the body of a young girl in the tent. The young girl is Ethel Wardley (Madeleine Lee Nard), who is the niece of Lady Clifford (Lucia Moore), mother of Elliott Clifford. Mary assumes Ethel's identity and is received by Lady Clifford as her niece. Elliott falls in love with Mary. Stanley returns to London with Ethel, who has recovered from her wounds. Mary confesses what she has done, and despite Lady Clifford's pleas for her to stay, she returns to the parish house to work with children.
"Wolves of the Night" holds a slight edge in general audience appreciation, but "Her Double Life" offers its own unique cult appeal.
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Wolves of the Night