The Ordeal (1922)

Sybil marries George Bruce, an alcoholic 20 years her senior, In order to provide for her crippled sister, Helen, and her brother, Geoffrey. Bruce becomes jealous of Sybil's attentions to young physician Robert Acton, and when Bruce suffers a heart attack and calls for digitalis, Sybil allows the vial to break and he dies.

Directed by: Paul Powell

Starring: Agnes Ayres, Conrad Nagel, Clarence Burton, Edna Murphy, Anne Schaefer, Gino Corrado

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