When her lover deserts her, Gioconda Dianti seeks revenge by wrecking the lives of other men. When famous sculptor Lucio Settala meets her and asks her to pose for him, she sets out to ruin him. She captivates the artist with her charms, and he soon forgets his wife Silvia, their daughter Little Beata, and even his work. After Gioconda defies Silvia to take her husband back, Lucio shoots himself in a fit of desperation. Although Silvia nurses him back to health, Lucio soon returns to the enticing Gioconda. When Silvia's subsequent quarrel with Gioconda becomes a fight, Gioconda attempts to destroy Lucio's statue, but it falls on Silvia and is saved. Silvia, however, is crippled for life. Because of this, Lucio's sanity is affected and he becomes a raving maniac. Later, cast aside by her "man of the world," Gioconda also descends into madness. A lost film.
Theda Bara
as La Gioconda
Paul Doucet
as Lucio Settala
Victor Benoit
as Cosimo Daldo
Robert Wayne
as Lorenzo Gaddi
Jane Lee
as Little Beata
Doris Heywood
as Silvia Settala
Jane Miller
as Francesca Doni
Elaine Evans
as La Sirenetta
Edouard Durand
as Roffiano
Elaine Ivans
as La Sirenetta
Clifford Bruce
as
