The Lust of the Ages
Cast & Crew
Harry Revier
Lillian Walker
Jack Mower
Harry Revier
Mrs. Nellie Parker Spaulding
W. J. Everett
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Synopsis
Edmund Craig, a captain of industry, neglects his wife and child, as he is obsessed with his business affairs. After he is fatally stricken with heart failure while consummating a large deal, his wife rears their daughter Lois to question the thirst for wealth. At college, the girl is awarded the literary prize for an essay called "The Lust of the Ages," and it is published in book form. Upon learning that her fiancé, Byron Masters, is developing the same traits as her father, she breaks their engagement and gives him the book to read. Her fiancé reads the story of the Valley of Contentment, which existed at the beginning of time until it was invaded by the army of Mammon, which wrought misery and desolation. Next, the book jumps to a later period in which a European war lord's lust for riches drives him to attempt to conquer the world. The last chapter reveals the present time, in which the war lord's successor engages upon a war to monopolize the world's wealth and possessions. Upon completing the book, the man is so impressed with the truths it contains that he relinquishes his worship of money and is reinstated in the girl's affections.
Director
Harry Revier
Cast
Lillian Walker
Jack Mower
Harry Revier
Mrs. Nellie Parker Spaulding
W. J. Everett
Frances Sanson
Betty Mack
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Notes
This was the initial production of the Ogden Pictures Corp., a company comprised of prominent Western businessmen, that was located in Ogden, Utah.
