The Pulse of Life (1917)

Director: Rex Ingram

Lisetta, the daughter of a fisherman, lives with her father and brother on the island of Capri. When Serrani, an Italian who has grown wealthy in New York, visits the island, he induces Lisetta to accompany him to America. There he abandons her and she becomes a dancer in an underworld café owned by "Dago" Joe, where she meets the artist Stanford Graham, who employs her as a model. Meanwhile, Lisetta's brother Domenic comes to New York to avenge his sister's dishonor.

Cast

Gypsy Hart

Lisetta Maseto

Wedgwood Nowell

Guido Serrani

Dorothy Barrett

Buckety Sue

Molly Malone

Molly Capels

Nicholas Dunaew

Domenic

Millard K. Wilson

Stanford Graham

Albert MacQuarrie

Dago Joe

J. Edwin Brown

Luigi Maseto (as Edward Brown)

Seymour Hastings

Hasting Capels

William Dwyer

Fish Merchant