The Mating of Marcella


1918

Film Details

Release Date
May 20, 1918
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Thomas H. Ince Corp.
Distribution Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount Pictures
Country
United States

Synopsis

Finding it increasingly difficult to support herself and her ailing father on her earnings as a clothing store fashion model, Marcella Duranzo accepts an assignment from Lois Underwood, the bored wife of millionaire Robert Underwood. For $1,000, Marcella agrees to live in Reno for a time under Lois' name; meanwhile, the restless wife may accompany her lover, Count Louis Le Favri, on a yacht trip and still sue her husband for divorce. Robert, however, visits the fashionable Reno hotel in which Marcella is registered and soon learns the truth. In Reno, Robert's son Bobby becomes seriously ill, and when Marcella nurses him back to health, Robert falls in love with her. Lois, who has found a new lover in Jack Porter, is about to sue Robert, naming Marcella as the co-respondent, when the jealous count, posing as Jack's chauffeur, drives himself, Jack and Lois into an oncoming train. Marcella then consents to marry Robert.

Film Details

Release Date
May 20, 1918
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Thomas H. Ince Corp.
Distribution Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount Pictures
Country
United States

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