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Vampire of the Desert

Featuring the world's moving picture star, Miss Helen Gardner. This story shows, above all else, the actual nature of the coquette, and, although the case taken is an extreme one, teaches the danger of playing with fire.
May 16, 1913 · 19m
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PLOT

Ishmael, the son of Hagar, an old hag, living on the edge of the desert, falls completely under the charms of Lispeth, a vampire. One day there passes the miserable hut in which these three strange people live, a wealthy banker, named William Corday, his wife and son. Derrick. Lispeth wields her magic power over the husband and soon has him in her power. When he attempts to kiss her, she repulses him. So clever is she that the wife has no idea of her husband's unfaithfulness.

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CAST

Helen Gardner
Lispeth, Vampire of the Desert
Tefft Johnson
William Corday, the Vampire's Victim
Harry T. Morey
Ishmael
James Morrison
Derrick Corday, William's Son
Leah Baird
Mrs. William Corday
Norma Talmadge
Ethel - Derrick's Fiancée
Flora Finch
Hagar
Directed by Charles L. Gaskill

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
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Revenue
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Production
Vitagraph Company of America
Country
US

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