The Sex Lure (1916)
Overview
Wealthy capitalist, Clinton Reynolds, and his wife, Laura, have lost their son, Arthur, kidnapped and possibly dead. Attempting to write a wrong in his factory, he adopts the daughter of one of his workers who is killed on site. The girl, Rose, grows up resentful of her adoptive father and as she grows older, seduces him in order to break up his marriage. Long lost Arthur returns and, finding his parents' married life in disarray, becomes romantically involved with Rose in order to end the relationship she has forged with his father. Reynolds comes to his senses and makes amends with Laura, at which point Arthur leaves Rose.
Cast
James Morrison
Arthur Reynolds
Louise Vale
Laura Reynolds
Frankie Mann
Rose Bernton
Donald Hall
Clinton Reynolds
Thomas Carnahan Jr.
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