Movies like The Sorceress

Leonard Rand, a rich art collector, his wife and child live in the suburbs of London. Hester, the wife, has ceased to respect her husband and resents the associations forced upon her of what he is pleased to call Bohemia. One night she receives a blow that causes her to decide to take serious action. The child, Violet, is taken among the riotous guests of painted women and finally given a glass of wine to drink. A stormy interview takes place and the husband tells his wife that if she does not like the atmosphere she is at liberty to go, but he will retain the child. On several occasions Hester has been wont to consult a gypsy seeress, named Carlotta, one of a tribe encamped close by, and in her emergency she goes for advice. The gypsy tells her that the tribe are about to migrate to America and Hester proposes that Carlotta shall take the child with them stipulating that she shall be restored to the mother upon demand. The plan is carried out and the little Violet is taken to America. Hester refuses to disclose the whereabouts of the child to the distracted father and dies suddenly. Ten years elapse and Violet is brought up by Carlotta under the name of Perdita and a strong affection exists between the two. The Sorceress, as she is called, is eminently successful in America and acquires a fortune, but Frollo, her lover, insists that she shall still continue to live with the tribe. Perdita grows up to be a beautiful girl and Carlo, a fiery young member of the tribe, falls in love with her, but Carlotta is deeply opposed to a union, as she hopes some day she will restore Perdita to her own. One day Perdita while wandering through the woods encounters a hunting party led by Leonard Rand. He is attracted by the wild beauty of the girl and paints such pictures of the glittering existence in his world that the girl becomes inspired and leaves the tribe to go to the gorgeous home of Rand, whom she regards as an elderly man, unselfishly interested in a child, whom he wishes to endow with his wealth, but on finding the true character of Rand she decides to return to Carlotta, only to find herself a close prisoner in the home of the man she has learned to fear. The excitement causes brain fever and her mind becomes almost destroyed. Carlotta discovers Rand and to work her point proceeds to infatuate him. She is successful. With the aid of Frollo they obtain evidence of the fact that Perdita is Rand's lost daughter and Carlotta fulfills the pledge, made to the mother, that the girl would be restored to her own.