Palestine, under the rule of Rome. Salome, daughter of Herodias and both niece and stepdaughter of King Herod, becomes infatuated with the prophet John the Baptist, who publicly denounces the depravity of the royal family and proclaims the arrival of a new messiah. (Film presumed lost.)
Theda Bara
as Salome
G. Raymond Nye
as King Herod
Alan Roscoe
as John the Baptist
Herbert Heyes
as Sejanus
Bertram Grassby
as Prince David
Genevieve Blinn
as Queen Miriam
Vera Doria
as Naomi
Al Fremont
as Galba
