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The Crucial Test

The Crucial Test (1916)

0h 50m | PG-13

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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.

Director: John Ince

Studio: Paragon Films

Genre: Drama

Video: 720p

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Cast

Kitty Gordon

Kitty Gordon

as Thanya

Niles Welch

Niles Welch

as Vance Holden

J. Herbert Frank

J. Herbert Frank

as Grand Duke Alexander Bagroff

William W. Cohill

William W. Cohill

as Boris

Winifred Harris

Winifred Harris

as Princess

Adolphe Menjou

Adolphe Menjou

as Count Nicolai