The read
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
A young woman dutifully marries an older millionaire and then falls in love with a handsome nobleman-- who'd previously saved her life-- on her unhappy honeymoon.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
20 audience votes
Key crew
- Sam WoodDirector
- Jack CunninghamScreenplay
Cast
- Rudolph ValentinoLord Hector Bracondale
- Gloria SwansonTheodora Fitzgerald
- Edythe ChapmanLady Bracondale
- Alec B. FrancisCaptain Fitzgerald
- Robert BolderJosiah Brown
- Gertrude AstorMorella Winmarleigh
- June ElvidgeLady Anna Anningford
- Mabel Van BurenJane McBride
- Helen DunbarLady Ada Fitzgerald
- Raymond BlathwaytSir Patrick Fitzgerald
- Frank ButlerLord Wensleydon
- Gino CorradoGuest at Alpine Inn (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
love lettersilent filmletter box