Lucy Dorraine Movies
- 1929
This part-talkie (17 minutes of dialogue in its 83-minute running time) stars Janet Gaynor as Christina, the daughter of Dutch toymaker Niklaas (Rudolph Schildkraut). Much to her dad's dismay, Christina falls in love with sideshow huckster Jan (Charles Morton). Likewise disapproving of the romance is Jan's jealous employer Mme. Bosman (Lucy Dorraine), who frames the young man on an embezzlement charge. Escaping conviction, Jan rushes back to Christina's village to rescue her from an arranged marriage. It says here that Christina was based on a story by Tristan Tupper, but it sure sounds a lot like Ferenc Molnar's Liliom. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Janet Gaynor, Charles Morton, (more)
- 1928
The impossibly beautiful Billie Dove coasts through the melodramatic convolutions of Adoration. Billie and Antonio Moreno play husband-and-wife Russian aristocrats who are separated during the Revolution. Upon meeting again, Moreno becomes convinced that Billie has been unfaithful. He walks out and takes to drink, while his wife, ever hopeful that she can patch things up, becomes a professional model to raise money. The caddish Nicholas Soussanin, who accused Billie of adultery in the first place, is at long last exposed as a liar, thereby assuring a happy ending for the displaced couple. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Billie Dove, Antonio Moreno, (more)
