Film

The Painted World

1919 · 50m · Drama

When burlesque dancer Elois Murree gives birth to her daughter Yvette, she sends to a fashionable boarding school away from the stage environment and her drunken husband. Yvette visits infrequently but during one sojourn Murree slashes Elois' left eye in an argument forcing Elois, now veiled, to perform billed as the Masked Queen. Yvette becomes attracted to her friend’s brother, Rex, she avoids him after she learns that he wants his prospective bride to come from a good family. Yvette becomes a burlesque queen, but a distraught Elois tries to kill her to save her soul and then commits suicide, leaving the bloodied knife in the hands of her drunken husband, who then is arrested. Later, Yvette finds happiness with Rex.

Anita Stewart

Yvette Murree

Julia Swayne Gordon

Elois Murree

E.K. Lincoln

Rex

Harry Northrup

Murree

Janice Cummings

Elois' Maid

R.A. Roberts

Manager

• Ralph InceDirector
• Jacques FutrelleStory
• William S. AdamsDirector of Photography
• William T. StuartDirector of Photography
• George Randolph ChesterEditor
• Lillian Christy ChesterEditor

Release date

June 16, 1919

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

50m

Genres

Drama

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