Having found this rare film, I was disappointed to discover that the only print that exists is completely silent without titles. To get a full viewpoint of the story, I watched it with recorded silent movie music attached from a different source which did the trick. It's an early courtroom drama where Edmund Lowe is on trial for murdering his best friend, Warner Baxter, and through flashbacks of possibilities, the defense and prosecuting sides are revealed to the jury.
Three women are important to the story: Mary Duncan, Natalie Moorehead and in her film debit, Sylvia Sidney. Of course, she'd work for eight decades in film, and it's a shame she's only seen here and not heard. Moorehead as usual is a glorious vamp, but Duncan is purposely extra vicious as Lowe's unfaithful wife. Their outfits are a delight of late 20's sophisticated fashion. It's hard to fully judge the film with what exists, and certainly there's hope that the talkie version will miraculously show up.
Three women are important to the story: Mary Duncan, Natalie Moorehead and in her film debit, Sylvia Sidney. Of course, she'd work for eight decades in film, and it's a shame she's only seen here and not heard. Moorehead as usual is a glorious vamp, but Duncan is purposely extra vicious as Lowe's unfaithful wife. Their outfits are a delight of late 20's sophisticated fashion. It's hard to fully judge the film with what exists, and certainly there's hope that the talkie version will miraculously show up.