The Crucial Test (1916)
Synopsis
Wicked Russian Grand Duke Bagroff becomes infatuated with Thanya, but she loves American artist Vance Holden. When Thanya's revolutionary brother Boris tells her that he plans to kill Bagroff, she agrees to help. The plan fails and Boris and Thanya are captured, but they soon escape to Paris where Thanya rejoins the struggling Vance. Bagroff finds Thanya and tells her that he will make Vance famous if she consents to be his mistress. Thanya agrees and Vance becomes an overnight success. Then, as Bagroff and Thanya prepare to spend their first night together, Boris appears and kills the duke, thereby allowing Thanya and Vance to spend a peaceful, successful life together.
Release Date: 1916-07-03
Runtime: 50 minutes
Director: Robert Thornby
Top Cast
- Kitty Gordon as Thanya
- Niles Welch as Vance Holden
- J. Herbert Frank as Grand Duke Alexander Bagroff
- William W. Cohill as Boris
- Winifred Harris as Princess
- Adolphe Menjou as Count Nicolai
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