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The Painted World

Jun 16, 1919 · 50m
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Drama

PLOT

When burlesque dancer Elois Murree gives birth to her daughter Yvette, she sends to a fashionable boarding school away from the stage environment and her drunken husband. Yvette visits infrequently but during one sojourn Murree slashes Elois' left eye in an argument forcing Elois, now veiled, to perform billed as the Masked Queen. Yvette becomes attracted to her friend’s brother, Rex, she avoids him after she learns that he wants his prospective bride to come from a good family. Yvette becomes a burlesque queen, but a distraught Elois tries to kill her to save her soul and then commits suicide, leaving the bloodied knife in the hands of her drunken husband, who then is arrested. Later, Yvette finds happiness with Rex.

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CAST

Anita Stewart
Yvette Murree
Julia Swayne Gordon
Elois Murree
E.K. Lincoln
Rex
Harry Northrup
Murree
Janice Cummings
Elois' Maid
R.A. Roberts
Manager
Directed by Ralph Ince

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Vitagraph Company of America
Country
US

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