Following her mother's advice to marry for wealth, model Marcia Ventnor turns down the proposal of Oliver Lawton, whom she loves, so as to accept wealthy George Hunt, an importer of oriental rugs. They go to Turkey on their honeymoon, and Hunt enlists her charms to secure a contract from rug maker Afeif Bey, whose infatuation with Marcia provokes her husband's jealousy.
h2 {color:#C2410C;} h3 {color:#EAB308;} p {color:#FFFFFF;} The Alchemy of Disillusionment in ‘It Isn’t Being Done This Season’ Thomas Edgelow’s script, sharpened by Harry Dittmar’s narrative precision, carves a labyrinthine path through the psyche of a woman trapped between societal obligation and c...
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George L. Sargent
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"h2 {color:#C2410C;} h3 {color:#EAB308;} p {color:#FFFFFF;} The Alchemy of Disillusionment in ‘It Isn’t Being Done This Season’ Thomas Edgelow’s script, sharpened by Harry Dittmar’s narrative precision, carves a labyrinthine path through the psyche of a woman trapped between societal obligation and carnal truth. Marcia Ventnor (Sally Crute), a model whose beauty is both her currency and her curse, embodies the duality of the flapper archetype: a creature of artifice yet posses..."
Sally Crute
Thomas Edgelow, Harry Dittmar, C. Graham Baker
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