Summary Philip de Mornay, a courtier in the French royal court of the 18th century, falls in love with Daphne La Tour, the daughter of a nobleman. Knowing that her family would never approve of their marriage, he takes her and hides her in a brothel, but is soon captured by pirates. Soldiers looking for women to bring with them to a settlement across the ocean in Louisiana raid the brothel and take the girls, including Daphne. Later on the trip to the new world their ship is attacked by pirates--and she discovers that her lover Philip is on board the pirate ship. View more details
Directed : Christy Cabanne
Written : D.W. Griffith
Stars : Walter Long Lillian Gish Howard Gaye Elliott Dexter
Genres : Adventure Drama
Release date : Mar 4, 1916
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English None
Production companies : Fine Arts Film Company
Summary Philip de Mornay, a courtier in the French royal court of the 18th century, falls in love with Daphne La Tour, the daughter of a nobleman. Knowing that her family would never approve of their marriage, he takes her and hides her in a brothel, but is soon captured by pirates. Soldiers looking for women to bring with them to a settlement across the ocean in Louisiana raid the brothel and take the girls, including Daphne. Later on the trip to the new world their ship is attacked by pirates--and she discovers that her lover Philip is on board the pirate ship. View more details
Genres : Adventure Drama
Release date : Mar 4, 1916
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English None
Production companies : Fine Arts Film Company
