The Common Law


1923

Film Details

Release Date
Aug 30, 1923
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Selznick Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Common Law by Robert William Chambers (New York, 1911).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
7,527ft (8 reels)

Synopsis

Valerie West, an artist's model, falls in love with Louis Neville, an aristocratic artist. His family, scorning Valerie, elicits her promise that she won't marry him. Valerie promises Neville that she will become his common-law wife on a certain date the next summer. Before that time arrives, the fiancé of Neville's sister forces his attentions on Valerie, but she escapes to Neville's home and wins his father's consent to their marriage.

Film Details

Release Date
Aug 30, 1923
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Selznick Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Common Law by Robert William Chambers (New York, 1911).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
7,527ft (8 reels)

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