The New York Peacock (1917)
Directed by Kenean Buel
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
A sultry seductress sashays successful factory owners down a ruinous road in order to serve the munitions cartel for which she works in this silent crime drama. Her downfall comes when she actually falls in love with one of her marks, a young executive who has come to do business on his father's behalf. Things get really sticky when his father shows up and falls in love with the wicked vamp.
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business, cartel, city, con/scam, conflict, debt, factory, father, love, lure [tempt], ruthlessness, scheme, seduction, son, temptress, train [locomotive], vamp, weapons
