
When Rosamond, a convent girl, discovers that her mother is Baby Brabant, a notorious queen of Petworth's gambling house, her ideals are shattered and she denounces her mother's life. Following her daughter's departure, Baby leaves the gambler and resorts to opium in her remorse.


The Architectural Melodrama of 'Sowing the Wind' In the landscape of early 1920s cinema, few narratives capture the agonizing friction between social reputation and intrinsic morality as vividly as Sowing the Wind. Directed with a keen eye for the theatrical traditions of Sydney Grundy, this film ...

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John M. Stahl

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" The Architectural Melodrama of 'Sowing the Wind' In the landscape of early 1920s cinema, few narratives capture the agonizing friction between social reputation and intrinsic morality as vividly as Sowing the Wind. Directed with a keen eye for the theatrical traditions of Sydney Grundy, this film is not merely a relic of a bygone era but a sophisticated exploration of the 'fallen woman' trope that haunted the cultural zeitgeist of the post-Victorian world. Unlike the more a..."
Harry Northrup
Sydney Grundy, Franklyn Hall
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