
Georgia French as the illegitimate child.Marjorie Ellison as Enid Hammond (John Hammond's wife).Enid tells her forgiving husband the truth, and Montgomery Seaton is reunited with his wife Lucille. The rich widow Vera Lane is friends with all of these people and, understanding the whole story that has transpired, takes it upon herself to straighten out all of the entanglements. Lucille had earlier seen her husband bringing the child to Enid's house and suspects an affair of some sort is going on. Enid throws herself in front of Seaton and is shot. Seaton engaged in a secretive conversation and he draws a pistol in anger.

That night at a reception, John Hammond sees his wife and Mr. Now having custody of what is actually her own child, Enid writes Seaton to tell him that the child arrived safely, but John Hammond accidentally gets the note and assumes Seaton is the father and Enid is the mother of the little girl, driving him to a rage. Enid convinces her husband that they should adopt the child. Seaton lies for Enid, telling John Hammond that he had an illegitimate child years ago and that he is trying to find a home for the child. But now she has discovered that the nurse has passed away, and Enid needs to find a home for the girl. Not wanting her husband to know she had an illegitimate child, Enid gave the baby to a nurse who raised the little girl. Fortunately, Enid was able to wait until her husband was away on a business trip before giving birth. She left Dalton and returned home, later marrying John Hammond but not realizing at the time that she was pregnant with Dalton's child. Enid tells Seaton that many years ago, she ran away with a man named John Dalton, only to discover that he was married.



Enid Hammond is married to John Hammond (Lon Chaney), but she is also Montgomery Seaton's sweetheart. Montgomery Seaton is a rich social parasite who badly neglects his wife Lucille. A still exists showing Chaney in the role of John Hammond, menacing his wife Enid with a pistol. A small fragment (around 2 minutes) of the film survives in a private collection. Tangled Hearts is a 1916 silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse, written by Ida May Park, and starring Lon Chaney and Louise Lovely.
