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Sacred and Profane Love (1921)

Directed by William Desmond Taylor

Overview

Carlotta Peel, who though sheltered from the facts of life by her Victorian aunt has acquired some knowledge from indiscriminate reading, meets Diaz, a celebrated pianist, at a concert and spends the evening with him. Later, in London, she acquires fame as a novelist and is followed to France by married publisher Frank Ispenlove, who commits suicide when she spurns him. In Paris, Carlotta finds Diaz a physical wreck from drinking absinthe and devotes herself to his regeneration.

Rated NR | Length 60 minutes

Actors

Elsie Ferguson | Conrad Nagel | Thomas Holding | Helen Dunbar | Winifred Greenwood | Raymond Blathwayt | Clarissa Selwynne | Howard Gaye | Forrest Stanley | Jane Keckley