The read
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 7m.
Synopsis
John Schuyler, a happily married lawyer, is appointed diplomat and sent to England. Due to an unfortunate accident, his wife and child can not come along with him. On the ship to England, Schuyler meets the notorious Vampire - a relentless gold digger who causes the moral degradation of those she seduces, first fascinating and then draining the very life from her victims.
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes78%
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
35 audience votes
Key crew
- Frank PowellDirector
- Porter Emerson BrowneWriter
Cast
- Theda BaraThe Vampire
- Edward JoséJohn Schuyler
- Mabel FrenyearJohn Schuyler's Wife
- May AllisonThe Wife's Sister
- Runa HodgesSchuyler Child
- Clifford BruceThe Friend
- Frank PowellThe Doctor
- Minna GaleThe Doctor's Fiancee
- Victor BenoitOne of the Vamp's Victims
- Creighton HaleYoung Man at Wild Party (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
infidelitysuicidehusband wife relationshipseductionman woman relationshipfemme fatalemadnesssilent filmseductressgold diggermanipulative loverfinancial ruin