Madame X
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Cast & Crew
George F. Marion
Dorothy Donnelly
John Bowers
Edwin Fosberg
Ralph Morgan
Robert Fischer
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Synopsis
Discarded by her attorney husband, Jacqueline Floriot begins twenty years of wandering in South America and France, during which time she becomes an alcoholic and drug addict. Then, back in Paris, she falls in with a gang that plans to blackmail her husband, using as leverage the threat of exposing how he treated his wife. Fearing that this will result in her grown-up son Raymond, whom she left with her husband, learning all about his mother's sordid past, Jacqueline murders Laroque, the gang leader. She is then arrested, and, hoping to maintain her anonymity, she identifies herself only as Madame X at her trial, during which Raymond serves as her court-appointed lawyer. Without knowing the woman's true identity, Raymond manages to win her acquittal, after which Jacqueline's husband recognizes her, and Raymond discovers his true relation to her. Then, overcome by emotion, Jacqueline dies in her husband's arms.
Director
George F. Marion
Cast
Dorothy Donnelly
John Bowers
Edwin Fosberg
Ralph Morgan
Robert Fischer
Charles Bunnell
Gladys Coburn
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An English-language version of the play, starring Dorothy Donnelly and directed by George Marion, opened in New York on February 2, 1910. There have been numerous remakes of Madame X, including versions in 1929 (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.3328) and 1966 (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1961-70; F6.2978).
