Part of the 2nd Fashion in Film Festival, this is a1925 British silent film. Co-written by Novello who starred in the lead role, this was the first of three
set in the Parisian underworld with his starring as a jewel thief. A rather
melodramatic story in which Mae Marsh confesses to a murder he committed
to save her from the villian (a grossly overacted performance by Herman Stetz) though she is acquitted on the grounds of self-defence. Isabel Jeans
plays the demi-monde mistress of Stetz who seduces Novello and hers is the
showier of the two female roles. Novello shows his profile a lot and tries to
display anguish when Marsh is in jail though not that convincingly. The
settings are well done but the filming and acting leave much to be desired.
Why it was part of this festival is beyond me unless it was for the inserted
footage from the Foliea Bergere which was mirrored by 5 young ladies who
paraded through the auditorium.