As in a Looking Glass

As in a Looking Glass — Plot

Scandalous European temptress Lila Despard, travels to America to escape her lover, criminal Jack Firthenbras. On the ship, she meets Andrew Livingston, a United States Navy planner, and Senator and Mrs. Gales. Her new friends host a party for Lila in Washington, D.C., where a spy named Dromiroff threatens to expose her past unless she steals Andrew's secret naval plans. In order to secure the papers, Lila makes love to Andrew, but the plan backfires when she falls in love with him.

• Release date
• March 6, 1916
• Runtime
• 50 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Frank Hall Crane

As in a Looking Glass — Cast

Kitty Gordon Lila Despard Lumsden Hare Andrew Livingston

F

Frank Goldsmith Jack Firthenbras Gladden James Lord Udolpho Teddy Sampson Felice Charles Eldridge Senator Gales

E

Eugenie Woodward Mrs. Gales George Majeroni Dromiroff