''The House of the Lost Court'' is a 1915 American

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directed by

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and written by A.M. Williamson. The film stars Robert Conness, Duncan McRae, Helen Strickland,

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and Margery Bonney. The film was released on May 6, 1915, by Paramount Pictures.

Plot

A young English aristocrat, Anthony, becomes secretly engaged to a woman, Eleanor, but instead she marries his brother. Anthony moves to the United States, and another woman, Nina, asks to go with him. He rejects her request. Pamela Short explains, 'After Nina sees Elinore stab herself, she threatens to accuse Anthony of murder unless he takes her, but still he refuses.' Anthony is found guilty of her death. However, the day after the verdict is pronounced, he is reported dead in his own prison cell. Years later, Anthony is found living in a secret room. While in jail, his mother gave him a potion which made him appear dead. Therefore, Nina gets tricked into confessing to the crime.

Cast

*Robert Conness as Sir Anthony Elliott * Duncan McRae as Honorable Captain Paul Elliott *Helen Strickland as Lady Rosamund *

as Nina Desmond *

as Dolores Edgerton *Margery Bonney Erskine as Mrs. Edgerton * Gertrude McCoy as Elinore Vane *William West as The Butler

References

External links

* 1915 films 1910s English-language films Silent American drama films 1915 drama films Paramount Pictures films Films directed by Charles Brabin American black-and-white films American silent feature films Films based on works by Alice Williamson 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub