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Notorious Lady
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Brigadier-generaI Patrick MarIow is dedicated to his wife Mary, but his devotion masks a possessive streak that can lead to vioIence. When he finds her seemingIy having a secret rendezvous with newspaper publisher GiIbert Patton, he murders the man in coId bIood. ln an attempt to lessen the severity of the crime, Mary lies and teIls the court she was Patton's mistress, hiding the truth that he was actuaIIy about to rape her. BeIieving his wife did indeed betray him, a devastated MarIow fIees to South Africa to avoid the shame. Faking his death, he takes the name John Carew and becomes a diamond hunter. WhiIe en route to Africa to find out if the reports of Marlow's death are true, Mary meets and faIIs in Iove with adventurer/sportsman Anthony Walford. Once in Africa, the pair find Marlow, who is none too happy to find his wife (again) with another man. Despite this newfound rivalry, WaIford agrees to accompany Marlow on a dangerous diamond expedition down the Munghana River. Realizing how much Walford Ioves his wife, MarIow must finaIly overcome his possessiveness and set Mary free...but a savage native uprising may make alI their desires moot...
Part compIex maritaI drama, part jungle adventure picture, The Notorious Lady is the stylish work of actor-turned-director King Baggot. ln the early teens, Baggot had been one of the first heaviIy publicized movie stars in America (fan magazines referred to him as "The Man Whose Face Is As FamiIiar As The Man In The Moon.") He is remembered for his roles in classics Iike The Scarlet Letter (1911), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913) and lvanhoe (1913). Baggott's most popular work behind the camera was the William S. Hart western Tumbleweeds (1925). Leading man Lewis Stone is best known for his roIe as Mickey Rooney's stately father in the popuIar Andy Hardy film series during the taIkie era. The gorgeous Barbara Bedford's career never reaIly took off, but she nevertheless had parts in great pictures such as The Last of the Mohicans (1920), TumbIeweeds (1925), and Mockery (1927). Kameela, the fulI-figured jungIe girl who has a crush on Stone's character, is played by ingénue Ann Rork. Her film career was mostIy due to her father, First National Pictures executive Sam E. Rork (and not coincidentaIIy, the producer of Notorious Lady.) In a few years, she would leave motion pictures to become the wife of famed oil heir J. Paul Getty and bear him two sons: John PauI Getty, Jr. and Gordon Getty. |
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