The Painted World (1919)
Synopsis
When burlesque dancer Elois Murree gives birth to her daughter Yvette, she sends to a fashionable boarding school away from the stage environment and her drunken husband. Yvette visits infrequently but during one sojourn Murree slashes Elois' left eye in an argument forcing Elois, now veiled, to perform billed as the Masked Queen. Yvette becomes attracted to her friend’s brother, Rex, she avoids him after she learns that he wants his prospective bride to come from a good family. Yvette becomes a burlesque queen, but a distraught Elois tries to kill her to save her soul and then commits suicide, leaving the bloodied knife in the hands of her drunken husband, who then is arrested. Later, Yvette finds happiness with Rex.
Release Date: 1919-06-16
Runtime: 50 minutes
Director: Ralph Ince
Top Cast
- Anita Stewart as Yvette Murree
- Julia Swayne Gordon as Elois Murree
- E.K. Lincoln as Rex
- Harry Northrup as Murree
- Janice Cummings as Elois' Maid
- R.A. Roberts as Manager
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