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Dir: Henry Houry

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Daring Hearts perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Glamorous and wealthy French woman Jacqueline Cartaret considers marrying Ernest Augarde, the harmless bookworm who adores her, but finally selects a dashing count, Andre De Juvigny. Lucia De Morfontaine, a beautiful widow who had an affair with Andre before his marriage, still loves the handsome count and pursues him so ardently that Jacqueline soon becomes convinced of her husband's unfaithfulness. Piqued, Jacqueline rushes to Ernest, who, although he is loved by Charlotte Bernier, receives her with delight. When he tries to kiss her, however, Jacqueline slaps him and returns home. Andre demands to know her lover's name, but when he learns that it is Ernest, he laughs and embraces his wife. Ernest now realizes his love for Charlotte and proposes to her.

Dir: Henry Houry

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Clutch of Circumstance perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A beautiful and ambitious young woman leaves her boyfriend for a famous sculptor, and later--after she models for his statue "Miss Ambition"--marries an old but wealthy art collector. However, things don't turn out quite the way she planned.

Dir: Henry Houry

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Le lys du Mont Saint-Michel perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

In the summer of 1914, Alsatian maiden Louise de Villars is attacked by two German soldiers. Hugh Brown, a visiting American, comes to her rescue and they fall in love. When war is declared, Hugh enlists in the French flying corps and shoots down thirty enemy planes. He is captured, but escapes with other prisoners while being transferred to another camp, and arrives at Louise's house to find camp commander, Baron Von Steinbach. To save Hugh from being executed, Louise offers herself to the lecherous Baron. Louise then kills him and escapes with Hugh to an American trench, where they are married by a chaplain on the final day of the war. Afterward, they leave Europe for Hoboken, New Jersey.

Dir: Henry Houry

When businessman John Lawson is seriously injured in an accident, his wife Ruth travels from their New England village to New York to find a job that will support them both. Ruth works in a sweatshop until her health gives out, and then she is introduced to Broadway producer Rudolph "Rud" Rayburn. Rud makes Ruth a star and finally declares his love for her. Ruth wishes to remain faithful to her husband, but because rumors have circulated in the village about Ruth and Rud, John turns her out. Finally, Ruth returns to Rud and promises to marry him.

Dir: Henry Houry

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.