Behind the Mask

Behind the Mask (1917) is a drama film directed by Alice Guy-Blaché.

Financier Mark Harrold is responsible for the financial ruin and subsequent suicide of Stanton. Following his death, Stanton's daughter Margaret, seeking revenge, goes to work for Harrold's beloved daughter Helen. The latter plans to marry the dashing Lord Strathmore and thus attain her social ambitions, but Margaret, to avenge her father's death, wins Strathmore away from her by deception. After their marriage, Margaret leaves Strathmore, claiming that she never loved him. With the birth of their child, Margaret becomes ill and blind, but Strathmore finds her and gives her money under an assumed identity. Following an operation that restores her sight, Margaret recognizes her husband as her benefactor and realizes that she loves him.

Cast

Catherine Calvert

Margaret Stanton

Richard Tucker

Lord Strathmore

Charles Halton

Larrabee

Kirke Brown

Mark Harrold

Charles Dungan

Stanton

Flora Nason

Helen Harrold