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  • Tainted Blood (1915)
  • Short | Short, Drama
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Tainted Blood (1915)
Short | Short, Drama
Mrs. Van De Water gives a coming-out ball for her daughter, at which Crayton Coombs, a millionaire roué with an incurable disease, meets and falls in love with the girl. The mother is flattered at the match with the millionaire, and though...See moreMrs. Van De Water gives a coming-out ball for her daughter, at which Crayton Coombs, a millionaire roué with an incurable disease, meets and falls in love with the girl. The mother is flattered at the match with the millionaire, and though both Ethel and Dr. Holt, Coombs' physician, beseech the mother to break off the engagement, she insists that the wedding take place. One day, Holt's assistant, Dr. Howard, is summoned to take care of Ethel, who is ill, and the two are mutually attracted. Later Howard is called to a tenement district where he cares for Helen Grayson, Coombes' ex-wife, and tells her of his approaching marriage and she promises to help him win Ethel. After she marries Coombes, he takes her to his country home,and that night when he is sitting alone in front of the fireplace, his former wife appears, and after recalling their wedding and telling him what a beast he has grown to be, advises double suicide. The frightened man consents, and soon after, Ethel discovers the two dead bodies before the fireplace. She is then free to marry Dr. Howard. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Ray C. Smallwood
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Updated Apr 7, 1915
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Apr 7, 1915 (United States)

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