The Belle of Broadway

The Belle of Broadway

A Romantic Drama of Youth Glorified and Age Defied!

1926•1h 1m•5.8/10

Romance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.8/10(4)

Madame Adele, once a great star of the Paris theatre, has fallen upon hard times. But she allows a young American performer, Marie Duval, to perform as the Madame Adele of old, and both become the darlings of Paris, one again and the other newly-crowned.

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Production

Columbia Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Betty Compson

Betty Compson

Marie Duval / The Young Adele

Tom Ricketts

Tom Ricketts

Maurice Penelli

Armand Kaliz

Armand Kaliz

Count Raoul de Parma

Edith Yorke

Edith Yorke

Madame Adele

Herbert Rawlinson

Herbert Rawlinson

Paul Merlin

Wilfrid North

Wilfrid North

Major Anstruthers

Edward Warren

Edward Warren

An Old Beau

Edward Kipling

An Old Beau

August Tollaire

August Tollaire

Bearded Old Beau

Max Barwyn

Max Barwyn

M. Laroux (uncredited)

Ervin Renard

Fabio Merlin (uncredited)

Albert Roccardi

Albert Roccardi

Laroux's Associate (uncredited)

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