该片是由塞西尔·B·戴米尔执导的剧情片,于1915年上映，主要讲述了:Edith. Hardy uses cha.rity funds f.or Wall Street investments .in .hopes of buying some new. gowns.. She loses all th.e money and borrows from we.althy ori.ental Tori. When her .husband gives h.er the amount s.he borrow.ed, Tori won.'t take it b.ack, branding her .shoulder with a. Japanese si.gn of his owner.ship. She sh.oots him. Her husband takes. th.e blame. In court Edith .reveal.s all to an angry .mob. Written by Ed Stephan .{stephan@.cc.wwu.edu}　　Richard .Hardy, a hardwo.rking stockbrok.er, labor.s overtime t.o keep up wi.th the ruinous bil.ls incurred by .his beautifu.l but irrespons.ible wife Ed.ith, a venal, spoiled socia.lit.e who is impervious to h.is ple.as for fiscal rest.raint. Acting on what she b.elieves t.o be an insider infor.mation, she imp.ulsively embezz.les $10,0.00 from the .Red Cross ch.arity she chairs f.or a stock tip.. When she fi.nds the money h.as been lost., she desperately turns to .a J.apanese ivory trader wit.h whom. she has been thou.ghtlessly flirting and pers.uades him. to replace the money. in exchange fo.r an assignatio.n. When h.er husband's. long-awaite.d business deal fi.nally materiali.zes, she des.perately tries .to withdraw .from their agreement by rep.lac.ing the money. Angered a.nd dis.appointed with her. resistance to his advances., he uses. a branding device to. mark her shoul.der as his prop.erty. Fee.ling violate.d, Edith sho.ots him in the sho.ulder and leave.s. In order .to protect his .wife's reput.ation, Richard confesses to. th.e crime and faces trial .for at.tempted murder. Wr.itten by Gabe Taverney (duk.e1029@aol..com)