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The Beautiful Adventure (1917)
Helene De Travillac, a sweat little French girl, loves her handsome cousin, Andre D'Eguzon, but a scheming aunt has engaged her to Valentin LeBarroyer, a methodical, statistic-loving "stick," but wealthy. On the wedding morning Andre suddenly appears on the scene and pleads with Helene. She hesitates, a little, tears off her veil and flees with her lover to her old home in the country. There her grandmother makes the natural mistake of thinking Andre is the husband. The resulting complications are amusing. Finally arrives the discarded Valentin, hunting for his bride. When he dins her he proves himself a man, and "The Beautiful Adventure" ends happily for the lovers. This film is presumably lost.
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Helene De Travillac, a sweat little French girl, loves her handsome cousin, Andre D'Eguzon, but a scheming aunt has engaged her to Valentin LeBarroyer, a methodical, statistic-loving "stick," but wealthy. On the wedding morning Andre suddenly appears on the scene and pleads with Helene. She hesitates, a little, tears off her veil and flees with her lover to her old home in the country. There her grandmother makes the natural mistake of thinking Andre is the husband. The resulting complications are amusing. Finally arrives the discarded Valentin, hunting for his bride. When he dins her he proves himself a man, and "The Beautiful Adventure" ends happily for the lovers. This film is presumably lost.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Gaston Arman de Caillavet, Joseph F. Poland, Robert de Flers
In Theaters:10/15/1917
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Studio:Empire All Star Corp
Cast
Dell Henderson
Director
Anna Murdock
Helen de Travillac
Ada Boshell
Madame de Travillac
Edward Fielding
Count Michael D'Eguzon
Kate Sergeantson
Countess D'Eguzon
David Powell
Andre
Edgar Norton
Valentine Borroyer
Vera Fuller Mellish
Jeahne
Merceita Esmond
Jeantine
Anton Ascher
Gaston
Victor Le Roy
Pierre
Robert Entwistle
Doctor
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