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The Evil Women Do (1916)
50 min | Drama

The Evil Women Do (1916)

50 min | Drama

Ernestine Bergot is a child of the Paris streets. One day she begs a few sous from a student of the Latin quarter. He becomes interested in her, takes her to his studio, and declares he will adopt her. Later she meets Justin Chevassat, ...See moreErnestine Bergot is a child of the Paris streets. One day she begs a few sous from a student of the Latin quarter. He becomes interested in her, takes her to his studio, and declares he will adopt her. Later she meets Justin Chevassat, another artist, and a mutual infatuation springs up. Gradually Ernestine becomes a beautiful "vampire," hardened to any crime. One day she shoves her benefactor out of the studio window after robbing him of a large sum of money. When he dies as a result of the fall, Ernestine and Justin leave the Latin quarter. To further their schemes they take into partnership Sir Thomas Elgin, who poses as Ernestine's uncle. The woman changes her name to Sarah Brandon her reckless adventures soon make her known as the most evil woman in the city. Malgat, a banker's clerk who has access to the funds, is her first victim. Sir Thomas Elgin, acting as Sarah Brandon's decoy, feigns illness one day while walking in Boise de Bologne and attracts the attention of Count Ville Handry, who assists the supposed sick man to Sarah Brandon's home, where the woman proceeds to practice her wiles upon the old nobleman. In the end Count Handry asks her to marry him, and their engagement is announced. The Count's daughter Henriette objects, especially when Daniel Champcey, her betrothed, a French naval officer, informs her of Sarah Brandon's reputation. The Count persists, Daniel is ordered to China, and Henriette is left alone in her father's home with the mistress of the house and all the servants (by Sarah's conniving) turned against the daughter. Before leaving Daniel has mistakenly entrusted Henriette to the "tender" mercies of Chavessat, tool of Sarah. When Henriette is no longer able to endure the humiliation she suffers in her father's home, she begs Chavessat to take her away to some quiet spot where she can live respectably until she can get word to Daniel in China. Chavessat's treachery imprisoned Henriette in a house of ill repute, where he threatens, by starvation, to compel the girl to submit to his will. In the same building where Henriette is confined lives Malgat, the banker's clerk Sarah ruined, and it is through his discovery of Henriette's identity and his further activities in association with the Parisian police that Sarah is finally exposed at the moment when Count Handry, ruined by her iniquity, is about to commit suicide. Daniel has hurriedly returned to Paris in response to Henriette's appeal, and with Malgat and the girl, faces Sarah Brandon in Count Handry's home. Rather than submit to arrest Sarah Brandon drinks from a vial of poison and falls dead, as the police lead away to prison Chavessat and her other accomplice, Sir Thomas Elgin. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Elsie Jane Wilson Ernestine Bergot / Sarah Brandon Ernestine Bergot / Sarah Brandon See fewer	Oliver Twist (1916)
Francelia Billington Henriette Ville Handry Henriette Ville Handry See fewer	Blind Husbands (1919)
Rupert Julian Count Ville Handry Count Ville Handry See fewer	The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin (1918)
Hobart Henley Daniel Champcey Daniel Champcey See fewer	Society Snobs (1921)
C. Norman Hammond Sir Thomas Elgin (as C.N. Hammond) Sir Thomas Elgin (as C.N. Hammond) See fewer	Dr. Jack (1922)
Douglas Gerrard Justin Chavessat Justin Chavessat See fewer	Polly Put the Kettle On (1917)
Tom Lockhart Chrochard Chrochard See fewer	The Evil Women Do (1916)
Sydney Deane Malgat / Papa Ravinet (as Sydney Dean) Malgat / Papa Ravinet (as Sydney Dean) See fewer	The Squaw Man (1914)