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The Supreme Temptation (1916)
50 min | Drama

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The Supreme Temptation (1916)

50 min | Drama

Herbert DuBois, a young medical student in Paris, falls in love with and marries Annette, a grisette. They do not get along well, however, and he later secures a separation from her. He returns to America to find his father greatly worried...See moreHerbert DuBois, a young medical student in Paris, falls in love with and marries Annette, a grisette. They do not get along well, however, and he later secures a separation from her. He returns to America to find his father greatly worried over impending financial ruin. The blow falls and DuBois Senior kills himself, leaving Herbert to care for his mother and sister Lydia. Some time later he falls in love with Florence, the daughter of the family lawyer, and his friend Milton is fascinated by Lydia. M. Picard, a French milliner, pays Herbert a visit and informs him of Annette's death; he and Florence are then married. A year later, Herbert has been promoted to the head of the medical college and he learns that he is soon to become a father. Annette has moved to America. While DuBois is preparing to perform an autopsy on a young woman who died suddenly, he discovers, to his horror, that it is Annette and she is not dead, but in a cataleptic trance, a disease to which her family was subject. Then the supreme temptation comes to him to kill her with a slight movement of his scalpel and thus remove forever the dark past, but his better nature conquers, and after calling the others' attention to the body, he goes out. Restoratives are quickly applied and Annette comes back to life. Then follows an agony of suspense for Herbert. Will she live and spoil his present happiness, or will she die? After what seems eternity, one of the doctors informs him that Annette has died, and rushing up to his wife's room, he is stopped by the nurse who tells him that a son has been born to them. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
Antonio Moreno Herbert Dubois Herbert Dubois See fewer	The Temptress (1926)
Charles Kent Dubois Senior Dubois Senior See fewer	As You Like It (1912)
Mary Maurice Mrs. Dubois Mrs. Dubois See fewer	Les miserables (Part II) (1909)
Dorothy Kelly Annette Annette See fewer	The Antique Engagement Ring (1914)
Kate Davenport Lydia Lydia See fewer	Sentimental Tommy (1921)
Evart Overton Milton Milton See fewer	The Bottom of the Well (1917)
Jack Brawn Grumps Grumps See fewer	Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906)
Templar Saxe Paris Lawyer Paris Lawyer See fewer	How Women Love (1922)
Daniel Leighton Lockwood Lockwood See fewer	The Phantom's Secret (1917)
Marguerite Blake Florence Lockwood Florence Lockwood See fewer	The Scarlet Runner (1916)
John S. Robertson Monsignor Picard Monsignor Picard See fewer	The Girl of Today (1918)
Frank Brule Assistant Surgeon Assistant Surgeon See fewer	The Guilty Party (1917)