The wealthy, greedy publisher Mr. Meeson exploits the writer Augusta Smithers. After a shipwreck, Meeson has his dying will tattooed onto Augusta's back before he dies, setting up a dramatic legal battle in England over his fortune.
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Florence La Badie
Augusta Smithers
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Frederick Sullivan Director · H. Rider Haggard Author
United States release November 6, 1915 · Produced in United States
Production
Thanhouser Film Corporation
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · November 6, 1915
Theatrical
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