The Painted World

Overview

When burlesque dancer Elois Murree gives birth to her daughter Yvette, she sends to a fashionable boarding school away from the stage environment and her drunken husband. Yvette visits infrequently but during one sojourn Murree slashes Elois' left eye in an argument forcing Elois, now veiled, to perform billed as the Masked Queen. Yvette becomes attracted to her friend’s brother, Rex, she avoids him after she learns that he wants his prospective bride to come from a good family. Yvette becomes a burlesque queen, but a distraught Elois tries to kill her to save her soul and then commits suicide, leaving the bloodied knife in the hands of her drunken husband, who then is arrested. Later, Yvette finds happiness with Rex.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 16, 1919

Original language

Catalan

Production

Vitagraph Company of America

Cast

Julia Swayne Gordon,R.A. Roberts,Harry Northrup,Anita Stewart,E.K. Lincoln,Janice Cummings

Director

Ralph Ince

Writer

Marguerite Bertsch,Jacques Futrelle

Cinematography

William T. Stuart,William S. Adams

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0192418