The Splendid Sin

A tale of two women, the strong and the weak, and of exalted self-sacrifice in high life.

The Splendid Sin — Plot

Although they have a happy marriage, Sir Charles Chatham, an explorer, and his American wife, Lady Marion, have been unable to have children. After Charles goes to Egypt, his sister Gertrude and her sweetheart Stephen Hartley, an American consulate attaché, take refuge from a storm in a deserted tower. Frightened, Gertrude yields to Stephen's advances. Although he intends to marry Gertrude, Stephen suddenly is called to deliver supplies to starving women and children in Russia. Marion takes the pregnant Gertrude away to have her child, and notifies Stephen, who, because he is shot during Bolshevik rioting, returns too late to marry Gertrude, who dies after childbirth. To honor Gertrude's dying request, and to provide Charles with a much desired child, Marion telegraphs Charles that the baby is theirs.

• Release date
• September 14, 1919
• Runtime
• 50 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Howard M. Mitchell

The Splendid Sin — Cast

Madlaine Traverse Lady Marion Chatham Charles Clary Sir Charles Chatham Jean Calhoun Gertrude Wheeler Oakman Stephen Hartley

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