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The Surprises of an Empty Hotel

The Surprises of an Empty Hotel

(1916)

Overview

Regular guest Francis Marchmont visiting the seaside Hotel Continental, now mostly deserted due to a diphtheria epidemic, meets and befriends a mysterious woman, "Mrs. Lucie Fairbanks," only to discover she and another woman are rivals, both common-law claimants to the fortune of his hated enemy, the late copper magnate Thomas Cadwallader Bennet, leading to a night of intrigue and mistaken identities in the empty hotel.

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Facts

Original TitleThe Surprises of an Empty Hotel

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1916-02-07

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 00h 40m

Production CompaniesVitagraph Company of America

Genres

  • Drama