Thursday, March 11, 2021

The Ambassador's Daughter (1913)

A neat little tale of love and espionage. Farnsworth (George Lessey), an attache at the US embassy in London, is in love with Helen (Miriam Nesbitt), the ambassador's daughter. However, while he pursues her (and gets knocked back), a spy - Dumont (Marc McDermott) - who works at the embassy, steals an important document though is forced to hide it. Helen begins to investigate the loss of the document, which puts her into peril...

Rather melodramatic and at times over the top, but a well made film. The romance part of the story is a bit overdone and detracts from the espionage plot. An interesting look at life just before the First World War.