Temptation (film)
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Temptation is a 1915 drama film
directed by Cecil B. DeMille
. It is now considered to be lost
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Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil Blount DeMille was an American film director and Academy Award-winning film producer in both silent and sound films. He was renowned for the flamboyance and showmanship of his movies...
. It is now considered to be lost
Lost film
A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
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Cast
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- Madame Maroff - Raymond HattonRaymond HattonRaymond William Hatton was an American movie actor who appeared in almost five hundred movies, including a stint of being paired in 1920s comedies with Wallace Beery....
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- Opera Admirer - Jessie Arnold - (uncredited)
- Tex Driscoll - (uncredited)
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- (uncredited) - Anita King - (uncredited)
- Lucien LittlefieldLucien LittlefieldLucien Littlefield was an American actor in the silent film era...
- (uncredited)