1936 version: Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Jessie Ralph, Henry Daniell, Lenore Ulric, Laura Hope Crews. 1921 version: Alla Nazimova, Rudolph Valentino, Arthur Hoyt, Ruth Miller, Rex Cherryman, Zeffie Tilbury. From the play and novel by Alexandre Dumas Fils. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1936. Special features: 1921 silent version (1921; 70 min.) / directed by Ray C. Smallwood; screenplay June Mathis; starring Alla Nazimova and Rudolph Valentino; audio bonus: Leo is on the air radio promo.
Summary:
"Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert their wills and women turned courtesans exult in pleasure" -- Container.
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