The Common Law (1923)
Melodrama | 30 August 1923
Valerie West, an artist's model, falls in love with Louis Neville, an aristocratic artist. His family, scorning Valerie, elicits her promise that she won't marry him. Valerie promises Neville that she will become his common-law wife on a certain date the next summer. Before that time arrives, the fiancé of Neville's sister forces his attentions on Valerie, but she escapes to Neville's home and wins his father's consent to their ...
Valerie West, an artist's model, falls in love with Louis Neville, an aristocratic artist. His family, scorning Valerie, elicits her promise that she won't marry him. Valerie promises Neville that she will become his common-law wife on a certain date the next summer. Before that time arrives, the fiancé of Neville's sister forces his attentions on Valerie, but she escapes to Neville's home and wins his father's consent to their marriage.
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