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Irish filmmaker.
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This picture is based on the same story that became D.W. Griffith's Orphans of the Storm in 1921. This version, made by the Fox Studios, stars famous "vamp" actress Theda Bara in the role that Lillian Gish later made famous
Wilfred of Ivanhoe (King Baggot), son of Sir Cedric (Wallace Bosco), returns to England from the Crusades in the Holy Land. As Ivanhoe, disguised, discovers that his beloved Lady Rowena (Evelyn Hope) has remained faithful, two weary travelers, Isaac of York (Herbert Brenon) and his pretty daughter Rebecca (Leah Baird), are admitted to Sir Cedric's castle, but after the knights learn that Isaac has money they abduct the visitors to the Norman stronghold of Torquilstone Castle.
