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02/01/1923 Drama, Romance 1h 22m
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A STORY OF WOMANS GREATEST SACRIFICE. THE FATE OF A CHILD HANGING ON THE CAPRICE OF A SOCIETY BUTTERFLY

Overview

Lost film. David Compton leaves his expecting French girl-friend Louise Boucher, a dancer at the Moulin Rouge, for the war where he looses his memory. Building a new life from scratch after the war, he gets married in London. Louise, now a mother, thinks him dead. She becomes a famous dancer under the name Deloryse but falls gravely ill. One night, as David is in the audience of her show, he recovers his memory. When she learns that David is married to another woman, Louise turns her son in the care of David's new wife and accepting a dancing job at a party, she dies there of exhaustion and sorrow.

  1. Alfred Hitchcock

    Writer

  2. Graham Cutts

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Betty Compson

    Louise Boucher / Deloryse

  2. Clive Brook

    David Compton / David Anson-Pond

  3. Josephine Earle

    Mrs. Anson-Pond

  4. Marie Ault

    Henrietta

  5. Myrtle Peter

    Davy

  6. A. Harding Steerman

    Doctor

  7. Victor McLaglen

    Nubian Slave (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-06
This is quite a touching story that follows the story of "Louise" (Betty Compson), a young woman in love with "David" (Clive Brook). Before they can wed, however, he must leave to fight in the Great War where he suffers an injury that causes him to lose his memory. Both must now start their lives all over again, but at a trip to the theatre he sees the famous dancer "Deloryse" and the memory flood gates suddenly open and he realises that she is his first love "Louise". They meet, and quickly realise there is still a spark there and that she had a son - his son. He confronts his wife with this ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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