Shadows of Paris (1924)
Melodrama | February 1924
Director:
Herbert BrenonWriters:
Eve Unsell, Fred JacksonCinematographer:
Bert BaldridgeProduction Company:
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.The 15 Dec 1923 Exhibitors Trade Review reported that Huntley Gordon and Pola Negri were starring in My Man, the English translation of the film's source material, the French novel Mon Homme. However, a Vitagraph film being shot simultaneously, then titled Red Roses, was released in Feb 1924 as My Man (see entry). ...
The 15 Dec 1923 Exhibitors Trade Review reported that Huntley Gordon and Pola Negri were starring in My Man, the English translation of the film's source material, the French novel Mon Homme. However, a Vitagraph film being shot simultaneously, then titled Red Roses, was released in Feb 1924 as My Man (see entry).
At the end of the war, Claire, queen of the Paris underground, finds herself in Paris high society. Believing that her apache lover, Fernand, has been killed in the war, Claire falls in love with Raoul, a French official. De Croy, Raoul's secretary, learns of Claire's past and threatens to expose her unless she yields to him. Fernand returns; Claire realizes that she no longer loves him; and while attempting to steal a diamond necklace, he is killed in a fight with De Croy, who has come to Claire's boudoir to collect his debt. Raoul returns during the fracas, and De Croy keeps Claire's secret by declaring that he has killed a common thief stealing madame's jewels. Claire, however, confesses the truth and is about to leave when Raoul forgives ...
At the end of the war, Claire, queen of the Paris underground, finds herself in Paris high society. Believing that her apache lover, Fernand, has been killed in the war, Claire falls in love with Raoul, a French official. De Croy, Raoul's secretary, learns of Claire's past and threatens to expose her unless she yields to him. Fernand returns; Claire realizes that she no longer loves him; and while attempting to steal a diamond necklace, he is killed in a fight with De Croy, who has come to Claire's boudoir to collect his debt. Raoul returns during the fracas, and De Croy keeps Claire's secret by declaring that he has killed a common thief stealing madame's jewels. Claire, however, confesses the truth and is about to leave when Raoul forgives her.
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