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Cordelia the Magnificent

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Genre
  
Mystery

Story by
  
Leroy Scott

Duration
  

Director
  
George Archainbaud

Screenplay
  
Frank S. Beresford

Cinematography
  
Charles Richardson

Country
  
United States

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Language
  
Silent (English intertitles)

Release date
  
April 30, 1923 (1923-04-30)

Writer
  
Frank S. Beresford, Leroy Scott (novel)

Cast
  
Clara Kimball Young
(Cordelia Marlowe),
Mary Jane Irving
(Francois),
Lloyd Whitlock
(Jerry Plimpton),
Jacqueline Gadsden
(Gladys Northworth),
Carol Holloway
(Esther Northworth)

Related George Archainbaud movies
  
Framed (1930), The Lady Refuses (1931), Thrill of a Lifetime (1937), Three Who Loved (1931), Barbed Wire (1952)

Cordelia the Magnificent is a 1923 American silent mystery film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Clara Kimball Young. It is now believed to be a lost film.

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Plot summary

Cordelia, a smart and pretty society girl, becomes suddenly impoverished but decides to get a job rather than marry for money. A complicated blackmail plot ensues.

Release

According to surviving accounts, the film was not well reviewed by major publications. It was, however, commercially successful.

References

Cordelia the Magnificent Wikipedia
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