A Woman of Affairs

US (1928): Drama/Silent (musical score & sound effects)

Even when Diana (Greta Garbo), Neville (John Gilbert) and David (Johnny Mack Brown) played together as children, Diana knew that she loved Nevs. But Morton (Hobart Bosworth), Nevs' father, did not like any of the Merricks. Since Nevs did not have any money, Morton sent him off to Egypt to work and also talked him out of marrying Diana before he left. Diana waited two years and then married David, who her brother Geoffrey (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) thought was the greatest thing since sliced bread. While in Paris, David jumps to his death when the cops come after him and Diana lies about the reason for the sake of Geoffrey. Of course Geoffrey, who has been a drunk all his life, cuts all ties with Diana. While Nevs still loves Diana, she does not return to England for seven years - just 3 days before Nevs' wedding to Constance (Dorothy Sebastian). Clarence Brown directs this soap opera on the grand scale, with Garbo's "fallen woman" not "bad," but "misunderstood." (IMDb)

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