Madame Adele, a faded Parisian theatre star, mentors young American performer Marie Duval, allowing her to revive Adele's former glory. Together they regain stardom in Paris, one reclaiming it and the other achieving it anew.


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Harry O. Hoyt

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J. Grubb Alexander, Jean Perry
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