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Imogene is a flirt, but really loves Jack, and they become engaged. While visiting a relative she meets Bob, a sturdy country youth. Her propensity for flirting comes to the surface and Bob becomes madly infatuated. It is his first great love and he fairly worships the woman. This is a new experience for Imogene and although it appeals to her vanity, she fears that the youth will commit some mad act and promises to marry him rather than undeceive him. Imogene returns home. The weeks pass and Bob receives no answer to his letters. He goes to the city in search of his sweetheart and finds her in Jack's arms. The boy loses his head and shoots Jack. He makes no attempt to escape and is sentenced to five years' imprisonment, while Jack, who has recovered, marries Imogene. Five years later Imogene is a widow, and again starts on her mad career of breaking hearts. She meets Count De Launay and falls in love with him. They are married. After the ceremony they repair to their hotel. To ...

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    • Author: Thofyn
    The retribution overtakes a flirt, played by Anna Nilsson, a graceful player and well chosen for this role; but the picture fails to make a strong appeal. That ending, besides being far from convincing, is not of the kind that has been popular with American audiences in the past. There is something too unpleasant in the act of the husband, who has deceived the woman, dressing up so that she will think (or rather know) that he is a man whom she had jilted long ago and who had gone to jail for trying to kill his rival, and not know that he is the man she just married also. Such a picture, artistically produced as it is and beautifully photographed for the most part, leaves us no one to sympathize with; it is barren. Raymond Bloomer and Guy Coombs play the leading male roles. - The Moving Picture World, September 27, 1913
  • Cast overview:
    Anna Q. Nilsson Anna Q. Nilsson - Imogene - a Flirt
    Raymond Bloomer Raymond Bloomer - Jack - Imogene's Fiance
    Guy Coombs Guy Coombs - Bob - a Country Youth
    Robert Broderick Robert Broderick
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