Wednesday, June 6, 2012

A Society Sensation (1918)

Universal-Bluebird Photoplays
Directed by Paul Powell
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Flicker Alley)

Carmel Myers is a fisherman's daughter in a coastal California town. Her father believes they are related to a wealthy family and thus belong in "high society". They send her to a swanky country club for her society debut. She rescues Valentino from the ocean, who just happens to be the son of a wealthy matron. They fall in love, but when her pedigree turns out to be false she returns home. Valentino shows up in his yacht and wants to marry her anyway. Only an edited version survives, highlighting the scenes with Valentino, and the plot suffers from underdeveloped characters and has no real momentum.

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