05/03/1922
A silent film about the famous Shakespearean actor Edmund Kean, whose life intertwines with a young woman, Anna Damby, and Countess Koefeld. Kean, inspired by the Countess, becomes entangled in a plot involving Anna, her guardian, and a roué named Lord Melville. The story culminates in a benefit performance where Kean's passionate denouncement of the Prince of Wales leads to his downfall.

William Farnum
as Edmund Kean

Peggy Shaw
as Anna Damby

Holmes Herbert
as Prince of Wales

Mario Carillo
as Lord Melville

Paul McAllister
as Count Koefeld

Etienne Girardot
as Salomon

Bernard Siegel
as Mr. Sleeker

Florence Ashbrooke
as Mrs. Bob

America Chedister
as Lady Anne Boyle

Hal De Forrest
as Old Bob

Edward Kipling
as Darious - hairdresser

Harry Gripp
as John - prizefighter

Augustus Balfour
as Stage Manager

Jack Collins
as Bardolph

Cuyler Supplee
as Tom

Edward Boring
as Needles - spy

Myrta Bonillas
as Countess Koefeld

Paula Shay
as Amy, Countess of Goswill

Viva Verome
as Gidsa

Ruth D. Goodwin
as Littly Emily
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