It Happened in Paris
Cast & Crew
David Hartford
Madame Yorska
W. Lawson Butt
Madame Dione
Charles Gunn
Hayward Mack
Film Details
Synopsis
Yvonne Dupré, the sole survivor of a once-noble French family, makes a modest living selling her paintings to Leon Naisson, who, unknown to Yvonne, resells them for exorbitant prices as the work of a famous artist. When Naisson confides to Yvonne's gypsy model Romildo, that he sexually desires Yvonne, who repulsed him, Romildo drugs his lover Juliette, a fiery Apache dancer, who looks just like Yvonne, and for one thousand francs, delivers her to Naisson, who rapes her as she sleeps. When Naisson discovers that she is not Yvonne, he has Yvonne's American sweetheart Dick Gray see them together, causing Gray to upbraid the baffled Yvonne. Naisson then plants forgeries in Yvonne's studio and tips off the police, who are closing in on his operation. After Yvonne's arrest, Juliette is told by her foster sister that she was stolen by gypsies as a child and is really Yvonne's twin sister. After Juliette exposes Naisson, Yvonne and Dick are reunited.
Director
David Hartford
Cast
Madame Yorska
W. Lawson Butt
Madame Dione
Charles Gunn
Hayward Mack
Madame Sarah Bernhardt
David Hartford
Crew
Film Details
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
The film was shot at the Brunton studios in Los Angeles. Madame Bernhardt is shown in a prologue discussing scenes with Madame Yorska, her protégée, and director David Hartford. Madame Dione was from the Comedie Française.
