The Craving
Cast & Crew
Francis Ford
Francis Ford
Mae Gaston
Peter Gerald
Duke Worne
Jean Hathaway
Film Details
Synopsis
After inventor Carroll Wayles develops a powerful explosive that may be valuable to the government, Ala Kasarib, an East Indian inventor, comes to America to obtain the formula. He entices Carroll with his ward, Beulah Grey, the daughter of a deceased British Army officer. After Kasarib offers Carroll a drink, Carroll declines, saying he is an alcoholic, and relates his last delirium in which he saw tiny dancing girls in his champagne glass, within the bottle, and as part of the stream of liquor being poured. He cavorted with the nude girls and kept one inside his breast pocket. Kasarib hypnotizes Beulah to get the formula. When Carroll discovers that she gave it to Kasarib, he dejectedly drinks until a vision of the European battlefields sobers him up. At Kasarib's laboratory where Beulah is imprisoned, Carroll's struggle with Kasarib ignites the explosive, killing Kasarib. Now in love, Carroll and Beulah go to Carroll's mother and brother.
Director
Francis Ford
Cast
Francis Ford
Mae Gaston
Peter Gerald
Duke Worne
Jean Hathaway
Crew
Film Details
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Notes
This film was copyrighted on June 7, 1918 under the title Delirium. The synopsis of the story included in the copyright descriptions at that time is slightly different from that of the final film, and the character names are different: Francis Ford played "Howard King, Scientist," Duke Worne played "Dick," Jean Hathaway played "Mrs. King," Peter Gerald played "David Vaban," and Mae Gaston played "Beaulah Martin." The film opened in New York in September 1918, and was released to the state rights market by M. H. Hoffman. Universal, who produced the film, acquired it in December 1918 from Argosy Films Co., and released it as a Bluebird Photoplay on January 13, 1919.
