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The Forbidden Path

A beautiful model who became a vampire
Feb 3, 1918 · 1h 0m
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Mary Lynde (Theda Bara) is an innocent girl who has grown up in New York's Greenwich Village. One of the artists there, Felix Benavente (Sidney Mason), uses her as model when he paints a portrait of the Madonna for a church. His friend Robert Sinclair (Hugh Thompson) corrupts Mary so that her father (Walter Law) casts her from his home. She goes to live with Sinclair in his mountain lodge, but after the birth of a child, he callously casts her aside. Subsequently, her baby dies and she sinks to the depths of despair.

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CAST

Theda Bara
Mary Lynde
Hugh Thompson
Robert Sinclair
Sidney Mason
Felix Benavente
Walter Law
Mr. Lynde
Florence Martin
Barbara Reynolds
Wynne Hope Allen
Mrs. Lynde
Alphonse Ethier
William Sinclair
Lisle Leigh
Mrs. Byrne
Directed by J. Gordon Edwards

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
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Production
Fox Film Corporation
Country
US

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