A Blot on the 'Scutcheon

An aristocrat is delighted when a nobleman asks for his sister's hand in marriage. But delight turns to shock when he discovers that the engaged couple are already lovers. He kills the nobleman in a duel, watches his sister die of grief, and then poisons himself.

Director

D.W. Griffith

Writer

Linda Arvidson, Robert Browning (play)

Released

29 Jan 1912

Country

USA