The Wasp

Story

Synopsis

Grace Culver's sharp tongue, has garnered her with the nicknamed "The Wasp." A spirited disagreement with her canning magnate father, John Culver, results from Grace's refusal to marry Kane Putnam, her father's business partner, and she orders her new chauffeur, Tim Purcell, to take her and her maid Miller on a drive. On their return, they are captured by Brazsos, a German spy who plans to blow up her father's munitions factory. Grace learns of the hidden tunnel Brazsos has excavated to the factory, and as Miller escapes to alert the police, Grace unties the chauffeur and leads him to the tunnel. When the bomb explodes prematurely, Grace and Tim become trapped, and facing death, they confess their mutual love. The two are rescued, after which Grace discovers that Tim actually is wealthy Yale football star Harry Cortland, a revelation that delights her father.

Director

Lionel Belmore

Writers

Willard Mack

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

11 March 1918

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Kitty Gordon

  Grace Culver

• 

  Rockliffe Fellowes

  Harry Cortland / Tim Purcell

• Charles Gerry

  John Culver

• Zadee Burbank

  Mrs. Culver

• William Calhoun

  Mr. Cortland

• 

  Edward Roseman

  Jackson Devereaux

• Victor Kennard

  Kane Putnam

• 

  Lionel Belmore

  Brazsos

• Hazel Washburn

  Miller, the Maid

• 

  Edmund Burns

  Harry's Roommate