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The Female
The Female

The Female

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A Sam Wood silent South Africa romance is a love story (based on Cynthia Stocklet Story) with a sad...and then happy ending. antic love triangle melodrama, from the Cynthia Stocklet Story. Dalla (Betty Compson) is a pretty orphan who is adopted by a wealthy man. When she matures, he invites her to England (leaving her beau behind),and eventually marries her. After her husband is murdered, she is accused of the crime, because she has still been seeing her old beau Col. Valentia (Warner Baxter). After eventually being cleared of the crime Della maries her first love...Valentia.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

69 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

31 August 1924

Country

United States of America

Cast

Betty Compson

Betty Compson

Dalla

Warner Baxter

Warner Baxter

Col. Valentia

Noah Beery

Noah Beery

Barend de Beer

Dorothy Cumming

Dorothy Cumming

Clodah Harrison

Freeman Wood

Freeman Wood

Clon Biron

Pauline French

Pauline French

Mrs. Cstigne

Edgar Norton

Edgar Norton

Clyde Wiel

Florence Wix

Florence Wix

Lady Malete

Helen Butler

Helen Butler

Laura Alcutt

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