The best Norma Talmadge’s drama movies
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Camille
5.3/10
Based on the 1852 novel and play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils.
Secrets
6.4/10
An old woman's memories are rekindled as she rereads her diary. She recalls her youth in England when she married a suitor over the objections of her parents and moved with him to the Wyoming frontier. They live a hardscrabble life there and suffered deprivation, hunger, Indian attacks, and the death of her baby. Although they eventually make a go of it, her husband becomes involved with another woman. Now that he is on his deathbed, will she forgive her husband after 40 years.
The Children in the House
5.3/10
Silent melodrama.
Within the Law
6.4/10
When Mary Turner is sent to prison for a crime she did not commit, she vows upon her release to take vengeance on those who wronged her, always staying however within the letter of the law.
Panthea
A woman sacrifices everything for her husband's career.
Going Straight
5.9/10
A man and his wife both have criminal pasts, but have quit crime and are now respectable citizens. One day a member of their old gang shows up and threatens to expose them if they don't help him pull a heist.
New York Nights
5.5/10
Show girl Jill Deverne is married to song writer Fred Deverne, and everyone is involved in the Broadway night life and endless parties. Jill is being pursued by a gangster, and she leaves her husband after he spends the night with a floozie. Jill ends up as the gangster's moll, but she soon gets tired of the lifestyle.
The Lady
6.6/10
A young woman marries the wastrel son of a British aristocrat. Her husband, who has been disinherited by his father, loses what little money he has left gambling in casinos and then dies, leaving her penniless and with an infant son. When her former father-in-law tries to get custody of the child, she leaves him with a couple she trusts, but when she later goes to reclaim her son, she can't find the people she left him with.
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
5.6/10
Jeannette Vaubernier, an impulsive shopgirl en route to deliver a hat, dreams of luxury and position as she saunters through the woods, and attracted by a pool of water, she disrobes and plunges in. Cosse de Brissac, a handsome private in the King's Guards, comes to her rescue and they become sweethearts. Meanwhile, Jean Du Barry, a shrewd roué, takes note of her at the millinery shop and tricks her into staying at La Gourda's, where she soon becomes a favorite among the men.
The Woman Disputed
7.1/10
An adventuress in love with an Austrian agrees to become the mistress of a Russian officer in exchange for the release of Austrian hostages.
The Moth
A 1917 film directed by Edward José.
The Sign on the Door
5.2/10
A 1921 film directed by Herbert Brenon.
The Branded Woman
A 1920 film directed by Albert Parker.
Yes or No
6.3/10
Fifty-Fifty
5.2/10
A 1916 film directed by Allan Dwan.
The Eternal Flame
A 1922 film directed by Frank Lloyd.
The Social Secretary
5.8/10
An attractive young girl struggles to hold a job as she deals with unwanted romantic advances from her boss.
Poppy
A 1917 film directed by Edward José
The Secret of the Storm Country
A 1917 film directed by Charles Miller.
Graustark
An American falls for the princess of the Kingdom of Graustark, and decides to her marriage to a dastardly prince.
