Film

The Wasp

1918 · 50m · Comedy · Drama

Grace Culver's sharp tongue, has garnered her with the nicknamed "The Wasp." A spirited disagreement with her canning magnate father, John Culver, results from Grace's refusal to marry Kane Putnam, her father's business partner, and she orders her new chauffeur, Tim Purcell, to take her and her maid Miller on a drive. On their return, they are captured by Brazsos, a German spy who plans to blow up her father's munitions factory. Grace learns of the hidden tunnel Brazsos has excavated to the factory, and as Miller escapes to alert the police, Grace unties the chauffeur and leads him to the tunnel. When the bomb explodes prematurely, Grace and Tim become trapped, and facing death, they confess their mutual love. The two are rescued, after which Grace discovers that Tim actually is wealthy Yale football star Harry Cortland, a revelation that delights her father.

Kitty Gordon

Grace Culver

Rockliffe Fellowes

Harry Cortland / Tim Purcell

Charles Gerry

John Culver

Zadee Burbank

Mrs. Culver

William Calhoun

Mr. Cortland

Edward Roseman

Jackson Devereaux

Victor Kennard

Kane Putnam

Lionel Belmore

Brazsos

Hazel Washburn

Miller, the Maid

Edmund Burns

Harry's Roommate

• Lionel BelmoreDirector
• Willard MackStory

Release date

March 11, 1918

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

50m

Rated

NR

Genres

Comedy, Drama