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  • 50 min | Drama
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Wormwood (1915)
50 min | Drama

This picture deals with the fates of Gaston Beauvais, an aristocratic young banker of Paris, and Pauline de Chauvilles, his fiancée. Beauvais discovers that Sylvion, his best friend, has long carried on a clandestine love affair with ...See moreThis picture deals with the fates of Gaston Beauvais, an aristocratic young banker of Paris, and Pauline de Chauvilles, his fiancée. Beauvais discovers that Sylvion, his best friend, has long carried on a clandestine love affair with Pauline. An artist acquaintance urges Gaston to comfort himself with absinthe. Gaston in his despair yields. From that moment the wreck of his career begins. Maddened by absinthe, he denounces Pauline at the marriage-altar on his wedding day, as Sylvion's cast-off mistress. Still driven by absinthe, he murders Sylvion and ultimately his brutalities drives Pauline, now a pitiful outcast of the streets, for she fled her home in shame after Gaston cast her off, to end her pathetic existence in the dark waters of the Seine. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Writers
Marie Corelli (novel) | Garfield Thompson (scenario)
Cinematographer
William C. Thompson (as W.C. Thompson)
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Updated Jun 3, 1915

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Jun 3, 1915 (United States)

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10 cast members
Name Known for
John St. Polis
Gaston Beauvais Gaston Beauvais   See fewer
Ethel Kauffman
Pauline de Chamilles Pauline de Chamilles   See fewer
Charles Arthur
Silvion Guidel Silvion Guidel   See fewer
Edgar L. Davenport
Monsieur Beauvais (as Edgar Davenport) Monsieur Beauvais (as Edgar Davenport)   See fewer
Stephen Grattan
Cure Vaudron Cure Vaudron   See fewer
Philip Hahn
Andre Gassonox Andre Gassonox   See fewer
Lillian Dilworth
Heloise St. Cyr Heloise St. Cyr   See fewer
Frank DeVernon
Comte De Chamilles Comte De Chamilles   See fewer
Mathilde Brundage
Comtesse De Chamilles (as Bertha Brundage) Comtesse De Chamilles (as Bertha Brundage)   See fewer
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