Lily of the Dust


1924

Film Details

Release Date
Aug 24, 1924
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Famous Players--Lasky
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Das hohe Lied by Hermann Sudermann, Edward Brewster Sheldon (Stuttgart & Berlin, 1908) The Song of Songs, a Play in 5 Acts .

Synopsis

While working in a bookstore Lily meets Prell, a young German officer, who falls in love with her; but the "old man," Mertzbach, hears about her and takes her for his own wife. Finding Lily in the arms of Prell, Mertzbach wounds him in a duel and turns her out. She then accepts the attentions of Dehnecke, and Prell overlooks her liaison; but his uncle refuses to accept her, and she returns to Dehnecke.

Film Details

Release Date
Aug 24, 1924
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Famous Players--Lasky
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Das hohe Lied by Hermann Sudermann, Edward Brewster Sheldon (Stuttgart & Berlin, 1908) The Song of Songs, a Play in 5 Acts .

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