The Far Cry | |
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Directed by | Silvano Balboni |
Written by | Katharine Kavanaugh (adaptation) |
Based on | The Far Cry by Arthur Richman |
Starring | Blanche Sweet |
Cinematography | John W. Boyle |
Edited by | Alexander Hall |
Distributed by | First National Pictures |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
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As described in a film magazine review, [2] Claire Marsh gets married and then divorced from Max Fraisier, a French marquis in Paris, which costs her father Julian Marsh a small fortune. Staying in Europe, Claire meets Dick Clayton, an old school chum, who is studying art in Paris. Dick then goes to Paris, and Claire, acting as one of the "we moderns", follows. Because Claire refuses to consider being wed, they live together there without being married. Count Filippo Sturani, another suitor for Claire, makes Dick jealous. They have an argument regarding the Count, and Claire returns to Paris. Dick follows her and rescues her from a blaze that erupts at a gorgeous Roman banquet given in Claire's honor by the Count.
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