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The Ordeal of Rosetta

May 12, 1918 · 50m
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Drama
Romance

PLOT

Twin sisters Rosetta and Lola Gelardi live happily with their aging father, Professor Gelardi, until their Sicilian village is destroyed by an earthquake. Unable to find Lola, the professor and Rosetta move to New York, where she obtains employment as a stenographer to author Aubrey Hapgood. Rosetta captivates Aubrey and his friends, but Mildred Sanders, who had hoped to win Aubrey for herself, tries to ruin Rosetta's reputation. On a drive with Aubrey, Rosetta relates her life story, whereupon Aubrey, claiming he loves her, takes her to an inn. Although he promises to marry her, she later reads of his engagement to Mildred. Rosetta shoots herself, after which Lola appears to avenge her death by causing the ruin of Aubrey's sister. Aubrey fires on Lola, but Rosetta awakens in his car and realizes that it was all a dream. While the chauffeur repairs the car, she and Aubrey walk into town to find a preacher.

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CAST

Alice Brady
Rosetta / Lola Gelardi
Crauford Kent
Aubrey Hapgood
Ormi Hawley
Ruth Hapgood
Maude Turner Gordon
Mrs. Hapgood
Edmund Burns
Dick
Henry Leone
Professor Gelardi
Hazel Washburn
Mildred Sanders
George Henry
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Directed by Émile Chautard

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Select Pictures Corporation
Country
US

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