A sophisticated woman
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German title | A sophisticated woman |
Original title | A Woman of the World |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1925 |
length | about 70 minutes |
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Director | Malcolm St. Clair |
script |
Pierre Collings Carl van Vechten (template) |
camera | Bert Glennon |
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A mundane woman (original title: A Woman of the World ) is an American film by director Malcolm St. Clair from 1925. The silent film, shot in black and white, is based on the novel The Tattooed Countess by Carl van Vechten and is considered to be the first feature film in history to show sadomasochistic motifs to a wide audience .
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Countess Elnora Natatorini flees Europe to her cousin Sam Poore in the small town of Maple Valley in the American Midwest after her last love affair broke up due to her lover's infidelity. The Countess, tattooed on her forearm, smokes and drinks in public, an unheard-of behavior at the time.
It soon leaves a broad trail of havoc in the lives of the downright prudish small town dwellers. She begins to organize parties on a regular basis, at which the villagers are given the opportunity to meet a real countess for a fee of a few cents. Since both the strict District Attorney Richard Granger and the young Gareth Johns take care of her, the situation becomes more complicated.
Granger wants to chase the Countess out of the village when he gets the impression that she is giving preference to the younger competitor. Only when the Countess follows the advice of a long-time resident of the town and lets Granger get acquainted with a whip can she convince him that he is her favorite. They both eventually get married.
Web links
- A fashionable woman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- grapevinevideo.com/ ( Memento from May 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (film review)
- movies2.nytimes.com ( Memento from October 12, 2003 in the web archive archive.today ) (film review )