The Evil Women Do (1916)
Drama | 25 September 1916
This film was based on the 1871 novel La clique dorée (a.k.a. The Clique of Gold) by Emile Gaboriau. Preparations for filming were underway in early July 1916, as noted in the 8 July 1916 Motion Picture News, which referred to the picture as The Clique of Gold. On 12 August 1916, Motion Picture News reported that director Rupert Julian had gone to San Francisco, CA, to shoot on location, with actors Hobart Henley, Douglas Gerrard, and Alfred Allen.
A title change to The Evil Women Do was announced in the 2 September 1916 Moving Picture World. Theatrical release was set to take place later that month, on 25 September 1916. In Washington, D.C., the picture opened on 28 September 1916, according to that day’s Washington Post.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of October 2019. ...
This film was based on the 1871 novel La clique dorée (a.k.a. The Clique of Gold) by Emile Gaboriau. Preparations for filming were underway in early July 1916, as noted in the 8 July 1916 Motion Picture News, which referred to the picture as The Clique of Gold. On 12 August 1916, Motion Picture News reported that director Rupert Julian had gone to San Francisco, CA, to shoot on location, with actors Hobart Henley, Douglas Gerrard, and Alfred Allen.
A title change to The Evil Women Do was announced in the 2 September 1916 Moving Picture World. Theatrical release was set to take place later that month, on 25 September 1916. In Washington, D.C., the picture opened on 28 September 1916, according to that day’s Washington Post.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of October 2019.
Paris vamp Ernestine Bergot, posing as wealthy Englishwoman Sarah Brandon, goes to work on aging Count Ville Handry after first warming up on Malgat, a banker whom she ruined. Ernestine convinces the count to marry her despite his daughter's strenuous objections and then gains complete control of his fortune. Her steady milking of his funds makes the count decide to kill himself, but just as he is about to do it, Malgat, who has managed to catch up with Ernestine, exposes her to the authorities. Then, instead of the count, it is Ernestine who commits suicide rather than submit to ...
Paris vamp Ernestine Bergot, posing as wealthy Englishwoman Sarah Brandon, goes to work on aging Count Ville Handry after first warming up on Malgat, a banker whom she ruined. Ernestine convinces the count to marry her despite his daughter's strenuous objections and then gains complete control of his fortune. Her steady milking of his funds makes the count decide to kill himself, but just as he is about to do it, Malgat, who has managed to catch up with Ernestine, exposes her to the authorities. Then, instead of the count, it is Ernestine who commits suicide rather than submit to arrest.
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