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The Lure of Ambition
Newspaper ad for Lure of Ambition
Directed byEdmund Lawrence
Written byJulia Burnham
Edmund Lawrence
Produced byWilliam Fox
StarringTheda Bara
Thurlow Bergen
William B. Davidson
Dan Mason
CinematographyH. Alderson Leach
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • November 1919 (1919-11)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

Lure of Ambition is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Edmund Lawrence, and starring Theda Bara.[1]

The film is now considered lost, though an 82-second outtake is known to survive.

Plot

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Theda Bara as Olga Dolan in Lure of Ambition.

Olga Dolan is a poor young woman working as a public stenographer at a hotel in New York. She allures Cyril Ralston, a nobleman, and starts to have a romantic relationship with him. Ralston promises Olga that they will get married soon. However, he returns to England leaving Olga. After being deceived by Ralston, Olga vows revenge. She goes to England and begins working as a secretary to Lady Constance Bromley. Later, Olga finds out that Ralston is Bromley's son and that he is a married man.[2] Although Ralston still pursues her, Olga becomes interested in another nobleman, Duke of Ruthledge, and eventually becomes his private secretary impressing him. After the Duke's wife died due to heart attack caused by jealousy, there is no obstacle for Olga to marry the duke.[2][1]

Cast

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Actor name Character's name
Theda Bara Olga Dolan
Thurlow Bergen Duke of Rutledge
William B. Davidson Cyril Ralston
Dan Mason Sylvester Dolan
Ida Waterman Duchess
Amelia Gardner Lady Constance Bromley
Robert Paton Gibbs Miguel Lopez
Dorothy Drake Muriel Ralston
Peggy Parr Minna Dolan
Tammany Young Dan Hicks

References

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  1. ^ a b Aubrey Solomon (10 January 2014). The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland. pp. 259–. ISBN 978-0-7864-8610-6.
  2. ^ a b "Lure of Ambition (1919)". AFI Catalog. American Film Institute. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
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