
Famous organist Arnold Graham returns to the US from a lengthy tour of Europe to find that his girlfriend Madeline has been forced by her family to marry Count Zara, a rich but brutal nobleman who beats her and carries on an affair with his cousin, Pauline Zara. He convinces Pauline to take Madeline's young daughter to England, then report her death of diphtheria.

Is The Lost Chord (1925) a silent film worth watching today? Short answer: yes, but with significant caveats. This melodrama, steeped in the grand traditions of early cinema, offer...
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