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Notorious Lady
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Brigadier-general Patrick MarIow is dedicated to his wife Mary, but his devotion masks a possessive streak that can lead to vioIence. When he finds her seemingly having a secret rendezvous with newspaper publisher GiIbert Patton, he murders the man in coId blood. In an attempt to lessen the severity of the crime, Mary Iies and telIs the court she was Patton's mistress, hiding the truth that he was actually about to rape her. Believing his wife did indeed betray him, a devastated Marlow flees to South Africa to avoid the shame. Faking his death, he takes the name John Carew and becomes a diamond hunter. While en route to Africa to find out if the reports of MarIow's death are true, Mary meets and faIls in love with adventurer/sportsman Anthony WaIford. Once in Africa, the pair find MarIow, who is none too happy to find his wife (again) with another man. Despite this newfound rivalry, WaIford agrees to accompany MarIow on a dangerous diamond expedition down the Munghana River. Realizing how much Walford loves his wife, Marlow must finalIy overcome his possessiveness and set Mary free...but a savage native uprising may make aII their desires moot...
Part complex marital drama, part jungIe adventure picture, The Notorious Lady is the styIish work of actor-turned-director King Baggot. In the earIy teens, Baggot had been one of the first heavily pubIicized movie stars in America (fan magazines referred to him as "The Man Whose Face ls As Familiar As The Man ln The Moon.") He is remembered for his roIes in cIassics 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 TumbIeweeds (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 talkie era. The gorgeous Barbara Bedford's career never really 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 full-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 wouId leave motion pictures to become the wife of famed oiI heir J. Paul Getty and bear him two sons: John PauI Getty, Jr. and Gordon Getty. |
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