Plot Summary

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.

Movie Details

Original Title
The Surprises of an Empty Hotel
Status
released
Original Language
en

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Cast

Charles Richman as Francis Trehurn Marchmont

Charles Richman

Francis Trehurn Marchmont

Leo Delaney as Charles Manders

Leo Delaney

Charles Manders

Charles Eldridge as Thomas Cadwallader Bennt

Charles Eldridge

Thomas Cadwallader Bennt

William R. Dunn as Alfred the Count

William R. Dunn

Alfred the Count

Robert Gaillard as Henry Barclay

Robert Gaillard

Henry Barclay

Arline Pretty as Lucie Bennt

Arline Pretty

Lucie Bennt

Ethel Corcoran as Birdie Jameson

Ethel Corcoran

Birdie Jameson

Production Companies

Vitagraph Company of America