Painted Lips


1918

Film Details

Also Known As
The Straw Cellar
Release Date
Feb 4, 1918
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.
Distribution Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.; A Universal Special
Country
United States

Synopsis

Although Lou McTavish has been reared strictly by her father, Captain McTavish, when she hears that he has been killed in a fight, she allows herself to accept the friendship of a music hall singer named Rose. The two women visit a club called the Straw Cellar, where Lou attracts the attention of Jim Douglass, who plans to inflict revenge on Andrew Solman, a male vampire who once insulted his sister, by encouraging him to marry a dissolute woman. Jim takes Lou to the country and for five months trains her to act "like a lady," after which he introduces her to Andrew. The latter soon proposes to Lou but she turns him down, and later, when she explains Jim's scheme to him, he assaults her. At that moment, Captain McTavish, who has spent months searching for his daughter, sees and tries to save her, but as he is losing the fight, Jim rushes in and shoots Andrew. Finally aware of Lou's true nature, Jim confesses that he loves her.

Film Details

Also Known As
The Straw Cellar
Release Date
Feb 4, 1918
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.
Distribution Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.; A Universal Special
Country
United States

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Notes

The working title of the film was The Straw Cellar.