Black Friday (1916)

In 1869 enemies of railroad magnate Richard Strong attempt to ruin him Richard thwarts them largely through the help of Charles Dalton but then Charles tries to seduce Elinor Richards wife Although she rebuffs Charles Richard accuses her of infidelity so Elinor leaves him and goes to Paris Richard follows her but caught in the middle of the 1870 riots he cannot get near her Charles also in Paris finally convinces Richard that nothing had come of his interest in Elinor but Richard now believes that Elinor no longer loves him