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The Red Lily

Play trailer Poster for The Red Lily Released Sep 8, 1924 1h 5m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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The impoverished Marise La Noue (Enid Bennett) falls for Jean Leonnec (Ramon Novarro), the troubled son of the mayor of Vivonne, France. When her father succumbs to a heart attack, La Noue loses her only source of financial support and is forced to move in with a family that hates her. After Leonnec is wrongfully accused of robbery, he abandons La Noue and flees to Paris, where he sinks into a life of crime. A sad La Noue finds work as a prostitute and longs to be reunited with her lost love.
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Robert E. Sherwood LIFE The Red Lily is an exceptionally worthy picture. Its story is not sensationally original, but it is firmly constructed and it makes sense; and Fred Niblo has directed every scene with great skill. Oct 7, 2021 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A low-level soap opera. Rated: C Jul 17, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member A heartbreaking movie but rife with the burden of misogyny women at the time were expected to endure...I choose to interpret the ending very differently from how it seems to have been (superficially) presented ...something more akin to "Pennies from Heaven" , with which it shares some common central themes! I think the happy-ever-after is her fantasy fullfillment as she passes away and jean ends up back to the life of a crminal. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member A beautiful heart aching drama filled with some of the most beautiful photography of underground Paris. The story of a man & woman in love who flee from their hometown & sadly get lost in Paris & spend years finding one another. Although this was a drama to the highest order it was stunningly made with some beautiful shots & some very emotional honest acting. Very glad this film was recently discovered & thankfully it has been restored to its former glory. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member just ok not my cup of tea wallace beery young but still looking old how is that possible? Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Fred Niblo

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Enid Bennett

Marise La Noue

Ramon Novarro

Jean Leonnec

Wallace Beery

Bo-Bo

Frank Currier

Hugo Leonnec

Rosemary Theby

Nana
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Synopsis The impoverished Marise La Noue (Enid Bennett) falls for Jean Leonnec (Ramon Novarro), the troubled son of the mayor of Vivonne, France. When her father succumbs to a heart attack, La Noue loses her only source of financial support and is forced to move in with a family that hates her. After Leonnec is wrongfully accused of robbery, he abandons La Noue and flees to Paris, where he sinks into a life of crime. A sad La Noue finds work as a prostitute and longs to be reunited with her lost love.
Director
Fred Niblo
Screenwriter
Bess Meredyth
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn
Genre
Drama
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 8, 1924, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 22, 2009
Runtime
1h 5m
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