The Lady of Scandal
![The Lady of Scandal](https://prod-images.tcm.com/Master-Profile-Images/theladyofscandal1930.907.jpg)
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Sidney Franklin
Ruth Chatterton
Basil Rathbone
Ralph Forbes
Nance O'neil
Frederick Kerr
Film Details
Technical Specs
![](https://prod-images.tcm.com//img/global/logo-AFI.png)
Synopsis
Elsie, a popular English actress, falls in love with John, a young nobleman, who takes her to visit his family's estate, where his relatives hope she will be sufficently bored to give him up. Instead, her freshness soon invigorates the staid family members, and a secret affair develops between Elsie and Edward, the prospective bridegroom's cousin. When Elsie discovers that Edward is having an affair with a married woman, he declares he will give her up; however, when the woman's husband dies in Paris, Elsie, having been released from her betrothal to John, induces Edward to join the widow. She herself returns to the stage.
![](https://prod-images.tcm.com//img/global/logo-AFI.png)
Director
![](https://prod-images.tcm.com/Master-Profile-Images/SidneyFranklin.65371.jpg?imwidth=188&height=141)
Sidney Franklin
Cast
![](https://prod-images.tcm.com/Master-Profile-Images/RuthChatterton.jpg?imwidth=188&height=141)
Ruth Chatterton
![](https://prod-images.tcm.com/Master-Profile-Images/BasilRathbone.jpg?imwidth=188&height=141)
Basil Rathbone
![](https://prod-images.tcm.com/Master-Profile-Images/RalphForbes.jpg?imwidth=188&height=141)
Ralph Forbes
![](https://prod-images.tcm.com/Master-Profile-Images/NANCEONEIL.143592.jpg?imwidth=188&height=141)
Nance O'neil
Frederick Kerr
![](https://prod-images.tcm.com/Master-Profile-Images/HerbertBunston.25071.jpg?imwidth=188&height=141)
Herbert Bunston
Cyril Chadwick
Effie Ellsler
Robert Bolder
Moon Carroll
Mackenzie Ward
Edgar Norton
Crew
![](https://prod-images.tcm.com//img/global/logo-AFI.png)
Film Details
Technical Specs
![](https://prod-images.tcm.com//img/global/logo-AFI.png)