Alla Nazimova

Obsessed with and spurned by an imprisoned prophet, Salomé manipulates her stepfather, King Herod, into giving her the prophet's head on a platter.

A glamorous courtesan and an idealistic young man fall in love, only for her to give up the relationship at the behest of his status-conscious father.

A matador's involvement with a beautiful woman jeopardizes both his marriage and his professional career in the bullring.