The Tree of Knowledge (1920 film)

The Tree of Knowledge is a lost 1920 American silent drama film produced by Famous PlayersLasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by William C. deMille and starred Robert Warwick. It is based on an 1898 play, The Tree of Knowledge, by R.C. Carton.

After living with adventuress Belle Williams in Paris, Nigel Warwick proposes, but she rejects him for a wealthier suitor. Nigel returns to England, where his friend Brian Forman hires him to manage his estate. Nigel falls in love with Brians ward Monica Hawley. Brian travels to Paris and meets Belle. Unaware of her past, Brian marries her, and, when they return to England, Belle says nothing when they meet her exlover Nigel. Belle, who had only married for money, then discovers that Brians family is bankrupt, and begins an affair with Roupelle Cummings. After Nigel discovers that she is planning to elope, he prevents the betrayal, but their prior affair is revealed to Brian. However, Monica forgives him for his transgressions.

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