The read
It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
Clorinda Wildairs breaks off an affair with the unscrupulous Sir John Ozen to become engaged to a rich nobleman, Mertoun, the Duke of Osmonde. Clorinda accidentally kills Sir John when he, infuriated by her forthcoming marriage, threatens to blackmail her. She buries the body in the cellar and admits her act to the forgiving Osmonde before marrying him.
Ratings
TMDB7/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Hobart HenleyDirector
- Marion FairfaxWriter
Cast
- Virginia ValliClorinda Wildairs
- Lionel BelmoreSir Geoffrey Wildairs
- Margaret SeddonLady Daphne Wildairs
- Peggy CartwrightClorinda (age 6)
- Milton SillsGerald Mertoun, Duke of Osmonde
- Dorothea WolbertMistress Wimpole
- Bert RoachSir Christopher Crowell
- Earle FoxeSir John Ozen
- Leo WhiteSir Humphrey Ware
- George B. WilliamsLord Porkfish
- Willard LouisThe Tavern Keeper
- Patterson DialAnnie Wildairs
Stills
Themes
marriagedukelost film