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The Red Lily (1924)

The Red Lily poster
Directed by
Fred Niblo
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman from a French slum runs away with her lover but they are separated by misfortune. She becomes a celebrated dancer in Paris while he takes to a life of crime.

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What happens

The Red Lily is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo and starring Ramon Novarro, Enid Bennett, and Wallace Beery. According to the Library of Congress, a print of the film exists with German intertitles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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