The Devil Stone

Fishermaid Marcia Manot finds an emerald which once belonged to a Norse queen and is cursed. Greedy American Silas Martin marries her, then sets her up for divorce. She kills him and weds his business manager Sterling, but a detective learns about Silas' death.

Cast

Geraldine Farrar

as Marcia Manot

Wallace Reid

as Guy Sterling

Hobart Bosworth

as Robert Judson

Tully Marshall

as Silas Martin

James Neill

as Simpson

Mabel Van Buren

as Mrs. Rogers

Lillian Leighton

as Berthe

Gustav von Seyffertitz

as Stephen Densmore

Horace B. Carpenter

Ernest Joy

as Mr. Rogers

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