Lure of Ambition

Lure of Ambition is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Edmund Lawrence, and starring Theda Bara.^[1]

The Lure of Ambition
Newspaper ad for Lure of Ambition
Directed by	Edmund Lawrence
Written by	Julia Burnham Edmund Lawrence
Produced by	William Fox
Starring	Theda Bara Thurlow Bergen William B. Davidson Dan Mason
Cinematography	H. Alderson Leach
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	November 1919 (1919-11)
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Languages	Silent film English intertitles

The film is now considered lost, though an 82-second outtake is known to survive.

Plot

Theda Bara as Olga Dolan in Lure of Ambition.

Olga Dolan is a poor young woman working as a public stenographer at a hotel in New York. She allures Cyril Ralston, a nobleman, and starts to have a romantic relationship with him. Ralston promises Olga that they will get married soon. However, he returns to England leaving Olga. After being deceived by Ralston, Olga vows revenge. She goes to England and begins working as a secretary to Lady Constance Bromley. Later, Olga finds out that Ralston is Bromley's son and that he is a married man.^[2] Although Ralston still pursues her, Olga becomes interested in another nobleman, Duke of Ruthledge, and eventually becomes his private secretary impressing him. After the Duke's wife died due to heart attack caused by jealousy, there is no obstacle for Olga to marry the duke.^[2][1]

Cast

Actor name	Character's name
Theda Bara	Olga Dolan
Thurlow Bergen	Duke of Rutledge
William B. Davidson	Cyril Ralston
Dan Mason	Sylvester Dolan
Ida Waterman	Duchess
Amelia Gardner	Lady Constance Bromley
Robert Paton Gibbs	Miguel Lopez
Dorothy Drake	Muriel Ralston
Peggy Parr	Minna Dolan
Tammany Young	Dan Hicks