''The Conspiracy'' is a 1914 American

drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...

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directed by

Allan Dwan Allan Dwan (born Joseph Aloysius Dwan; April 3, 1885 – December 28, 1981) was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter. Early life Born Joseph Aloysius Dwan in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dwan, was ...

and adapted from the Robert M. Baker and John Emerson play of the same name. The film stars John Emerson,

Lois Meredith Lois Meredith (alternative styling Loïs Mérédith) (June 26, 1897 – January 15, 1967) was a silent film and theatre actress. Career She infrequently appeared on the Broadway stage from 1911 to 1926. Meredith appeared in 22 films, of which 2 ...

Harold Lockwood Harold A. Lockwood (April 12, 1887 – October 19, 1918) was an American silent film actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most popular matinee idols of the early film period during the 1910s. Early life and career Born in Brookl ...

, Iva Shepard, Francis Byrne and Hal Clarendon. The film was released on December 10, 1914, by

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Plot

Cast

* John Emerson as Winthrop Clavering *

as Margaret Holt *

as Jack Howell * Iva Shepard as Juanita *Francis Byrne as Victor Holt * Hal Clarendon as Morton *Dodson Mitchell as Bill Flynn *Edouard Durand as Savelli

References

External links

* 1914 films 1910s English-language films Silent American drama films 1914 drama films Paramount Pictures films Films directed by Allan Dwan American black-and-white films American silent feature films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub