Director Dorothy Arzner's screenplay adaptation of Adela Rogers St. John's sensational story emphasizes women's extreme and often impossible dilemmas. Young Gabrielle Darley has been lured into prostitution by a man who trifled with her emotions…and whom she ultimately murders. Becoming the ward of a self-aggrandizing socialite, Gabrielle sees another dead end and only wishes to better herself, but she faces many trials in transcending her status as a symbol.
Mrs. Wallace Reid Productions. Producer: Dorothy Davenport. Director: Walter Lang. Screenwriter: Dorothy Arzner. Based on a story by Adela Rogers St. John. With: Priscilla Bonner, Thodore von Eltz, Tyrone Power, Carl Miller, Emily Fitzroy. 35mm, b/w, silent, 77 min.
