02 Mar 1917
Es werde Licht!
A painter with syphilis infects his brother's wife and the child born of their affair.
The Spy
An American agent exchanges places in prison with a condemned British officer and brother of a woman he greatly admires and goes to the gallows.
Top Billed Cast
Herbert Rawlinson Harvey Birch
Ella Hall Frances Wharton
William Worthington Gen. George Washington
Rex De Rosselli Mr. Wharton (a Tory)
Edna Maison Katie
Edward Alexander Maj. Dunwoodie
J.W. Pike Henry Wharton
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