Name: The Purple Lady
Released: 1916
Cast: Ralph Herz, Irene Howley, Alan Hale, Howard Truesdell, George Pauncefote

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Release Date

Jun 26, 1916

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Rolfe Photoplays, Inc.

Distribution Company

Metro Pictures Corp.

Country

United States

Screenplay Information

Based on the play The Purple Lady , adapted by Sydney Rosenfeld from a German farce (New York, 3 Apr 1899).

Technical Specs

Sound

Silent

Color

Black and White

Film Length

5 reels

Synopsis

Along with the other members of the Uplift Society, Silas Gilworthy goes to study firsthand the notorious Purple Lightning Tango Parlor. The police raid the place, however, and Silas escapes with the nightclub's star attraction, Fifi Melotte. They go to Coney Island, where Fifi has a photographer take their picture. Fifi keeps the photograph, but slips a stolen necklace, given to her by Count Louis Petelier, into Silas' pocket for safekeeping. When he finds the jewels, a shocked Silas gives them to his fiancée, Adelaide Severn. Just after the jewelry goes around Adelaide's neck, however, Fifi arrives to get the gems back, and threatens to blackmail a resistant Silas with the compromising photograph. Then, the count arrives looking for the necklace, followed by Detective Rogers who is looking for the count. After the thief is arrested, the necklace is returned to its rightful owner, and Silas is restored to Adelaide's good graces.