A Society Exile
Cast & Crew
George Fitzmaurice
Elsie Ferguson
William P. Carleton
Warburton Gamble
Julia Dean
Henry Stephenson
Film Details
Synopsis
American heiress Nora Shard is in England working on a dramatization of her novel with playwright Sir Howard Furnival, but their collaboration is kept a secret from Furnival's jealous wife Lady Doris. While visiting Lady Carnforth, Nora refuses her hostess' worthless brother Lord Bissett, and out of revenge, Bissett convinces Lady Furnival that Nora is her husband's mistress. Lady Furnival kills Sir Howard and then takes her own life. Nora is ostracized and under an assumed name goes to Venice where she meets Sir Ralph Newell, Lady Furnival's brother who is recuperating from a war wound. After Nora and Sir Ralph fall in love, Nora writes him a letter explaining her part in the tragedy, but he never receives it. They wed and return to England where Lord Bissett tells Sir Ralph that he has married the guilty Nora Shard. They separate and Nora flees to Italy where she gives birth to a son. Sir Ralph later forces the truth from Bissett and Nora becomes reconciled with her husband.
Director
George Fitzmaurice
Cast
Elsie Ferguson
William P. Carleton
Warburton Gamble
Julia Dean
Henry Stephenson
Zeffie Tilbury
Bijou Fernandez
Alexander Kyle
Crew
Film Details
Quotes
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Notes
Reviews credit William P. Carleton with acting in this film, while the 1921 MPSD gives credit to William T. Carleton. According to modern sources, William Cameron Menzies was the art director.
