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WWI Drama
Maliejandra1 September 2021
At a society party, Wallace MacDonald is bored until he spots Guerda (Constance Bennett). His aunt and party host (Effie Shannon) tells him he is likely to fall in love with her if he meets her, but he hesitates when he learns she was involved in a scandal. Flash back to WWI when Guerda is in love with Ray (George Hackathorne) who joins the army. She goes to visit him before he is shipped overseas and they spend the night together. Ray never returns to marry her, and Guerda is a fallen woman.

I'm a sucker for a story about the effects of WWI. There is a twist that I won't reveal, but I found this to be an entertaining film, in spite of the fact that other than the uniform, the filmmakers made zero attempt to make it look like 1917.

This was screened at Capitolfest in 2021.
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Solemn Drama
GManfred26 August 2021
Hardly anyone cracks a smile in this heavy-going drama about WWl and its aftermath. Constance Bennett is a controversial socialite who catches the eye of an introverted young fellow at a country club soiree. But she has a 'secret' (o tempora, o mores) which makes her the 'talk of the town'.

I thought the story, while self-important and overdramatic, was curiously absorbing and with a surprise ending. An enjoyable silent ably carried by Ms. Bennett. I thought the rating by the website didn't do it justice. Shown at Capitolfest, Rome NY, 8/14/21.

******* 7/10 - Website no longer prints my star rating.
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