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A Modern Sphinx

Charles Bartlett

1916

  • Drama
7.0

Asa, in love with Senneth but rejected for Essene, asks her sorcerer father, Kam, to magically force Senneth to reciprocate her love. Kam refuses. When Asa tries to poison Senneth, another sorcerer, Ram, intervenes with a 3,000-year spell of loveless rebirth.

Cast & crew

  • Charles BartlettDirector
  • Winifred GreenwoodAsa & Zaida Grant (dual role)
  • Edward CoxenFrancis Passmore
  • George FieldAster
  • Charles NewtonRam
  • Nan ChristyEssene
  • King ClarkSemeth
  • Ella M. MorrisonMrs. Grant
  • Eugene Burr

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