''Destruction'' is a 1915 American silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Will S. Davis William Senderling Davis (November 22, 1880 – November 19, 1920) was an American film director and screenwriter of the silent era. He was the son of David Jackson Davis and Elizabeth Ann Tees. He directed 36 films between 1913 and 1920. H ...

and starring

Theda Bara Theda Bara ( ; born Theodosia Burr Goodman; July 29, 1885 – April 7, 1955) was an American silent film and stage actress. Bara was one of the more popular actresses of the silent era and one of cinema's early sex symbols. Her femme fatal ...

. The film is now considered to be

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. ''Destruction'' is based on the 1901

Émile Zola Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (, also , ; 2 April 184029 September 1902) was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of ...

novel ''Travail'' ("Labor").

Plot

Fernande a greedy woman, marries a rich old man who is expected to die soon to get all his money. The husband discover her intentions but he died suddenly before being able to change his will. Now a widow, her next plan is to kill the wealthy's man son who also inherits.

Cast

as Fernade *

J. Herbert Frank J. Herbert Frank (May 12, 1885 – March 7, 1926) was an American actor of the silent era and on stage. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1914 and 1924. He was sometimes billed as Herbert Frank. Frank was born in Manhattan, New Yor ...

as Dave Walker * James A. Furey as John Froment *

Gaston Bell George Gaston Bell (September 27, 1877 – December 13, 1963) was an American stage and film actor active over the early decades of the twentieth century. Early life and career Bell was born in 1877 at Boston, Massachusetts to George and Elizabe ...

as John Froment II *

Warner Oland Warner Oland (born Johan Verner Ölund; October 3, 1879 – August 6, 1938) was a Swedish-American actor. His career included time on Broadway and numerous film appearances. He is most remembered for playing several Chinese and Chinese-American ...

as Mr. Deleveau * Esther Hoier as Josine Walker * James Sheridan as Josine's Brother (as Master Tansey) * Arthur Morrison as Lang * Frank Evans as Mill Foreman *

Carleton Macy Carleton Macy (1861-1946) was an American stage, screen and vaudeville actor. He appeared in much stage work before embarking on a film career in 1915 with William Fox. He often appeared in vaudeville with his wife, Maude Hall, in an act called "M ...

as Charles Froment *

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(as J. Walker)

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