The best Clarissa Selwynne’s drama movies
Today we present the best Clarissa Selwynne’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Clarissa Selwynne’s movies.
Beau Brummel
6.6/10
George Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord Alvanley. Despite her own desperate love for Brummel, she submits to family pressure and marries Lord Alvanley. Brummel, broken-hearted, embarks upon a life of revelry.
Cynara
6.4/10
A London barrister's marriage is under strain after his affair with a shopgirl who is out to have him. The story is told in flashback.
Jazz Mad
5.8/10
A composer and his daughter emigrate to America in the hope that he can sell his symphony. But he meets with little success and begins to give up hope. His daughter and her friends, however, never give up hope.
Dangerous Days
6.3/10
Patriotism, love and treason in the United States during the First World War. Barker manages to give every scene the right climate through inventive use of color. From semi-documentary to cruel melodrama.
Sinners' Parade
Sinner's Parade is a 1928 American silent crime film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Victor Varconi, Dorothy Revier, and John Patrick. It is not known whether this film survives. The film's sets were designed by the art director Harrison Wiley.
Face Value
A runaway becomes a thief and is sentenced to a reformatory. A complete copy exists at the George Eastman Museum.
Princess Virtue
The daughter of a disowned upper class Bostonian finds acceptance in Parisian society. An incomplete copy exists at the Library of Congress.
Gloriana
A newly adopted girl is doted on by her adopted father but faces indifference from her adopted mother. An incomplete copy exists at the National Archives Of Canada and the Library of Congress.
Infatuation
Sackcloth and Scarlet
Silent Drama
The Bride's Awakening
A husband orders his wife to keep their marriage a secret, in order to better continue his affair with a married woman.
Home
Lost silent film.
The Crystal Cup
A beautiful young girl has been raised by her bitter mother to hate all men, but her beauty means that men are constantly after her. She rejects them all, leading some to believe that she may be a lesbian. To stop those rumors, she begins a platonic relationship with a young writer, but things don't work out exactly as planned.
The Double Standard
Newly elected police court judge John Fairbrother is impassioned when it comes to the laws affecting the dives and cabarets of the city, and promises equal justice for all.
A Broadway Lady
Chorus girl Rosalie Ryan catches the eye of Bob Westbrook, a wealthy playboy. He proposes to her but she refuses, mainly because of his heavy drinking. However, after being brazenly insulted by his family, she accepts his proposal, just to get under their skin. She finds out that Bob's sister Phyllis is planning to run off with Martyn Edwards, a cad who once betrayed a close friend of Rosalie's. Rosalie goes to Phyllis' apartment to talk her out of it, but soon finds herself involved in, and arrested for, a murder.
Mother, I Need You
A re-edited version of The Curse of Eve.
The Love Swindle
A wealthy woman attempts to win over a man who hates the rich. A complete copy exists at the Archives Du Film Du CNC.
Creaking Stairs
5.8/10
Dearie Lane refuses to marry Fred Millard, whom she loves, because of her previous affair with roué Mark Winfield. When she confesses, Fred forgives her, and they marry and live happily in a modest home until the owner, who turns out to be Winfield, comes to collect a delinquent payment and suddenly dies. Dearie, afraid that the absent Fred will misunderstand, hides the body with the help of a boarder and a cook until midnight when they carry it down the stairs to the countryside, but the creaking of the steps is heard by Fred.
The Woman Conquers
Tired of her friends and life as a society leader, Ninon Le Compte goes north to the Hudson Bay area to inspect trapping holdings inherited from her uncle.
