The Surprises of an Empty Hotel

Overview

Regular guest Francis Marchmont visiting the seaside Hotel Continental, now mostly deserted due to a diphtheria epidemic, meets and befriends a mysterious woman, "Mrs. Lucie Fairbanks," only to discover she and another woman are rivals, both common-law claimants to the fortune of his hated enemy, the late copper magnate Thomas Cadwallader Bennet, leading to a night of intrigue and mistaken identities in the empty hotel.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 7, 1916

Original language

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Vitagraph Company of America

Cast

Charles Eldridge,Ethel Corcoran,William R. Dunn,Arline Pretty,Robert Gaillard,Leo Delaney,Charles Richman

Director

Theodore Marston

Writer

Jasper Ewing Brady,Archibald Clavering Gunter

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0159008