The Devil’s Needle

Year: 1916

Runtime: 66 mins

Director: Chester Withey

Drama

Renee, a French artist’s model, uses morphine and convinces a neurotic painter that it “kindles the fires of genius,” causing his addiction, artistic decline, and a marriage that drags his new model into the same decay. Overcome with guilt, Renee intervenes to save them both. The film was briefly banned in Ohio, then cleared for its moral message. This edition uses a 35 mm preservation print of the 1923 re‑release, the surviving copy, though nitrate decay mars parts of it.

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