Film

As in a Looking Glass

1916 · 50m · Drama

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.

Kitty Gordon

Lila Despard

Lumsden Hare

Andrew Livingston

Frank Goldsmith

Jack Firthenbras

Gladden James

Lord Udolpho

Teddy Sampson

Felice

Charles Eldridge

Senator Gales

Eugenie Woodward

Mrs. Gales

George Majeroni

Dromiroff

Lillian Cook

Miss Vyse

Philip W. Masi

Rowell

• Frank Hall CraneDirector

Release date

March 6, 1916

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

50m

Rated

NR

Genres

Drama