The Forbidden Thing (1920)

Puritanical Abel Blake is planning to marry the domestically oriented Joan when she is called away to a neighboring fishing village to care for her sick uncle In her absence Abel falls under the corrupting influence of some friends who take him to Ryans a notorious dance hall where he meets seductress Glory Prada Glory determines to make a conquest of Abel who gradually falls under her spell and finally marries her After learning of the news Abels mother dies of grief and Joan marries Dave a fisherman