Conscience
01/01/1917
Serama, the consort of Lucifer, is driven from Paradise by the Archangel Michael, who commands Conscience to enter human souls to judge and punish them. In the main story, society girl Ruth Somers, a reincarnation of Serama, prepares to marry Cecil Brooke, the wealthiest man of her set. Her guardian, Dr. Norton, an incarnation of Lucifer, constantly accompanies her. Ruth is summoned to the Court of Conscience, where the witnesses, Lust, Avarice, Hate, Revenge and Vanity, testify about Ruth's history of seducing and abandoning men. This behavior resulted in the suicide of Madge, the lover of Ned Langley, whom Ruth enthralled and promised to marry, and also the deaths of two rivals for her love. Ruth is ordered back to earth to learn her sentence. When Ned interrupts the wedding, Ruth scorns him and he shoots himself. After Brooke leaves her, the Court dooms Ruth to live with the torment of remembrance. Ruth sends Norton away, and then kneels and repents.
Movie Information
Gladys Brockwell
as Serama / Ruth Somers
Marjorie Daw
as Madge
Eugenie Forde
as Madge's Mother
Eve Southern
as Alice Marsh
Douglas Gerrard
as Cecil Brooke
Harry Lonsdale
as Rupert Cowdray
Colin Chase
as Ned Langley
Bertram Grassby
as Dr. Norton / The Devil
Genevieve Blinn
as Mrs. Marsh
Edward Cecil
as Alan Mackay
