As in a Looking Glass

As in a Looking Glass

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 6, 1916

Runtime

0h 50m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

As in a Looking Glass

Production Companies

Shubert Film Corporation

Director

Frank Hall Crane

Description

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.