
After losing money she embezzled, a socialite borrows cash from a foreign "prince" who expects sexual favors in return..


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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

George Fitzmaurice

George Fitzmaurice
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Hector Turnbull, Ouida Bergère
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