Film vs Film
Select two cult films to compare side by side.
Everywoman Synopsis
A girl auctioning a kiss at a charity bazaar is offered a chance to become an actress by two stage managers. After getting advice from three girlfriends, she awakens the next morning as Everywoman. Her friends have become Modesty, Youth, and Beauty, and the stage managers have become Bluff and Stuff. She turns down a proposal from a struggling physician after Flattery convinces her to go on the Stage of Life and seek Love. When she mistakes Passion, an actor, for Love, Modesty leaves her, but she rejects Passion when she discovers that he wants her only when Beauty and Youth are present. Passion has Dissipation steal Beauty, whereupon Bluff and Stuff desert Everywoman. After losing Youth to Time, Everywoman tries to sell herself to Wealth, a millionaire, but he spurns her. With Nobody as her only friend, she follows Truth home where she discovers the son of Truth, the physician, is the Love she seeks. Modesty returns soon followed by Beauty.
A Gentleman of Leisure Synopsis
A young New York society man makes a bet that he can rob a house and get away without being caught by the police. Shortly after making this wager, he overpowers a professional burglar in his own house, and instead of giving the man up, decides to use him in winning the bet. However, the house that he attempts to rob is the home of the Deputy Police Commissioner, with whose daughter he is in love. The succeeding complications, which arise out of this altogether original situation, are due to the Commissioner's willingness to accept graft and the professional burglar's inability to restrain himself when tempted to steal a valuable necklace. The final result is a happy conclusion to the very troubled love-story.
"Everywoman" holds a slight edge in general audience appreciation, but "A Gentleman of Leisure" offers its own unique cult appeal.
Suggested Watch:
Everywoman