The Sphinx

The Sphinx

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 14, 1916

Genres

Drama

Original Title

The Sphinx

Production Companies

Universal Film Manufacturing Company

Director

John G. Adolfi

Description

Unbeknownst to each other, Charles Macklin and his widowed father Arthur are having an affair with an exotic dancer called The Sphinx. When both come to see her at the same time, Charles gets upset, denounces the Sphinx, and is knocked out by Arthur. Arthur then decides to marry the Sphinx, while Charles then resumes his affair with Frances, to whom he was engaged before he met the Sphinx.