Altars of Desire

Altars of Desire

1927•1h 10m

RomanceDrama

Mae Murray plays a willful American lass whose wealthy dad (Robert Edeson) sends her to Paris so that she may pick up some "refinement." Instead, she picks up a fortune-hunting nobleman, played as a frivolous fop by a monocled Andre Beranger. True-blue hero Conway Tearle prevents Murray from making a bigger fool of herself than she already is.

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Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Mae Murray

Mae Murray

Claire Sutherland

Conway Tearle

Conway Tearle

David Elrod

Robert Edeson

Robert Edeson

John Sutherland

Maude George

Maude George

Kitty Pryor

George Beranger

George Beranger

Count André D'Orville

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