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The Web of Desire

The Web of Desire

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 4, 1917

Runtime

0h 50m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

The Web of Desire

Production Companies

World Film, Peerless Productions

Director

Émile Chautard

Description

When his wife Grace inherits her father's stock, John Miller, the president of the Western Power and Development Company, becomes a millionaire and moves to New York with his family. Beset by business problems, Miller pays little attention to his wife, and Grace, feeling neglected, takes up with a bohemian set. Among her new acquaintances she meets Stuart Mordant, the attorney for Thomas Hurd, a business rival of Miller's. Grace seeks refuge from loneliness in Mordant, who makes a bargain with Hurd to gain control of her husband's company for half a million dollars.