The Countess Charming
Cast & Crew
Donald Crisp
Julian Eltinge
Florence Vidor
Tully Marshall
George Kuwa
Edythe Chapman
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Synopsis
Stanley Jordan, a wealthy young bachelor, attends a Red Cross Benefit at the country club where he meets and falls in love with Betty Lovering and unwittingly offends Mrs. Vandergraft, the social leader. Discovering that the Vandergrafts have initiated a campaign to ostracize him from the club, Jordan, incensed, decides to get even by disguising himself as a Russian Countess and returns to the club where he is wined and dined. As a member of society, he is welcomed into the homes of the rich, where he proceeds to steal their valuables and donate them to the Red Cross Fund. The series of thefts alarms the neighborhood, and a detective is hired. Just as the detective is closing in on the Countess, it is announced that the Russian has been a victim of assault and is lying on her deathbed. Betty, concerned, calls on the Countess, only to discover that she is none other than Stanley Jordan, the man she loves.
Director
Donald Crisp
Cast
Julian Eltinge
Florence Vidor
Tully Marshall
George Kuwa
Edythe Chapman
Mabel Van Buren
Gustav Von Seyffertitz
Billy Elmer
Mrs. George Kuwa
Crew
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Notes
The title of the original story was Mrs. Raffles' Career. Julian Eltinge was a well-known female impersonator. The synopsis included in the copyright descriptions refers to the character played by Gustav Von Seyffertitz as "Esmond Vandergrift." The film opened in New York on September 16, 1917.
