Title from container. Flesh and the devil: John Gilbert, Greta Garbo, Lars Hanson, Barbara Kent, William Orlamond, George Fawcett, Eugenie Besserer, Marc MacDermott, Marcelle Corday. The mysterious lady: Greta Garbo, Conrad Nagel, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Albert Pollet, Edward Connelly, Richard Alexander. The temptress: Greta Garbo, Antonio Moreno, Marc MacDermott, Lionel Barrymore, Armand Kaliz, Roy D'Arcy, Robert Andersen, Francis McDonald, Hector V. Sarno, Virginia Brown Faire. Special features: "Flesh and the Devil" commentary by Garbo author Barry Paris; settling the score goes behind-the-scenes of the TCM Young Film Composers Competition; alternate ending; photo montage; " The Mysterious Lady" commentary by Jeffrey Vance and Tony Maietta; The Divine Woman: surviving 9-minute excerpt of this lost 1928 silent; photo montage; "The Temptress" commentary by Mark A. Vieria; alternate ending with commentary by Mark A. Vieria; photo montage.
Contents:
Temptress / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; directed by Fred Niblo ; scenario by Dorothy Farnum ; photographed by Gaetano Gaudio & William Daniels ; Cosmopolitan Production (1926). Mysterious lady / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; directed by Fred Niblo ; based on the novel War in the dark by Ludwig Wolff ; photographed by William Daniels (1928) -- Temptress / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; directed by Fred Niblo ; scenario by Dorothy Farnum ; photographed by Gaetano Gaudio & William Daniels ; Cosmopolitan Production (1926).
Summary:
Flesh and the devil: Best friends love the same woman and ultimately resort to a duel. The mysterious lady: Garbo plays an alluring Russian spy who falls in love with her "target." The temptress: An unhappy wife (Elena) falls in love with a Spanish engineer (Robledo). When it is revealed that Elena is not only married, but has also been the mistress of a banker (Fontenoy), Robledo returns to South America. Subsequently, Elena and her husband (the Marquis) also go to South America. Years later Robledo returns to Paris and runs into Elena who does not seem to recognize him. Elena has become a pathetic drunkard who is apparently beyond Robledo's help.
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