Film

The Crucial Test

1916 · 50m · Drama

Wicked Russian Grand Duke Bagroff becomes infatuated with Thanya, but she loves American artist Vance Holden. When Thanya's revolutionary brother Boris tells her that he plans to kill Bagroff, she agrees to help. The plan fails and Boris and Thanya are captured, but they soon escape to Paris where Thanya rejoins the struggling Vance. Bagroff finds Thanya and tells her that he will make Vance famous if she consents to be his mistress. Thanya agrees and Vance becomes an overnight success. Then, as Bagroff and Thanya prepare to spend their first night together, Boris appears and kills the duke, thereby allowing Thanya and Vance to spend a peaceful, successful life together.

Kitty Gordon

Thanya

Niles Welch

Vance Holden

J. Herbert Frank

Grand Duke Alexander Bagroff

William W. Cohill

Boris

Winifred Harris

Princess

Adolphe Menjou

Count Nicolai

• John InceDirector
• Robert ThornbyDirector
• Frances MarionWriter

Release date

July 3, 1916

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

50m

Rated

NR

Genres

Drama

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