No question, one of the most beautiful women to grace the screen was Delores del Rio. Here she stars with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. In "Accused" from 1936.
The film takes place in France. Del Rio plays Gaby Seymour, a dancer, who is her husband Tony's (Fairbanks) partner in a show where they do an Apache dance act in a show. At the end of their piece, she stabs him. He is wearing a steel waistcoat, so he is not hurt.
Despite her beauty, Gaby is insecure about Tony's love for her, and she's also jealous. The lead in the show, Yvette (Florence Desmond) is attracted to Tony and invites him to her dressing room. He goes only to keep the job he and Gaby worked so hard for, but he makes it clear that he is not interested.
When Yvette is found dead, stabbed with Gaby's knife, Gaby is arrested and goes on trial. Tony knows she didn't do it, and in fact, saw a man hovering around the theater that same day. He knows that if he can find him, he can save Gaby.
The story was made compelling by the two leads. Fairbanks was an interesting actor. Even though he had an overblown monologue toward the end of the film, he makes it believable rather than melodramatic. His acting styles comes off as modern today.
Del Rio, what can I say - you can't help but pull for her. I would only say she's miscast because I don't understand how she could be jealous of anyone - she could not have had any competition!
The film takes place in France. Del Rio plays Gaby Seymour, a dancer, who is her husband Tony's (Fairbanks) partner in a show where they do an Apache dance act in a show. At the end of their piece, she stabs him. He is wearing a steel waistcoat, so he is not hurt.
Despite her beauty, Gaby is insecure about Tony's love for her, and she's also jealous. The lead in the show, Yvette (Florence Desmond) is attracted to Tony and invites him to her dressing room. He goes only to keep the job he and Gaby worked so hard for, but he makes it clear that he is not interested.
When Yvette is found dead, stabbed with Gaby's knife, Gaby is arrested and goes on trial. Tony knows she didn't do it, and in fact, saw a man hovering around the theater that same day. He knows that if he can find him, he can save Gaby.
The story was made compelling by the two leads. Fairbanks was an interesting actor. Even though he had an overblown monologue toward the end of the film, he makes it believable rather than melodramatic. His acting styles comes off as modern today.
Del Rio, what can I say - you can't help but pull for her. I would only say she's miscast because I don't understand how she could be jealous of anyone - she could not have had any competition!