Valerie West, a beautiful artist's model, falls for wealthy artist Louis Neville. However, his aristocratic family doesn't approve of the relationship and persuades Valerie to promise that she won't marry him.
The 1923 silent drama *The Common Law* unfolds against a backdrop of opulent salons and gritty studio spaces, juxtaposing the gilded aspirations of the Neville family with the raw, unfiltered world of an artist’s muse. Valerie West, portrayed with a magnetic blend of vulnerability and defiance, becomes the axis upon wh...
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"The 1923 silent drama *The Common Law* unfolds against a backdrop of opulent salons and gritty studio spaces, juxtaposing the gilded aspirations of the Neville family with the raw, unfiltered world of an artist’s muse. Valerie West, portrayed with a magnetic blend of vulnerability and defiance, becomes the axis upon which the film’s emotional tensions rotate. Her relationship with Louis Neville, a wealthy and celebrated painter, is a love story that is as much about societal structures as it is ..."
Edward J. Montagne, Robert W. Chambers, George Archainbaud, Edward J. Montaigne
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