A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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	Ben Lyon (right). Photograph: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: Gloria Swanson [Carmelita], Ben Lyon [Marvin], Norman Trevor [John Boule], Ivan Linow [Luigi], Armand Cortez [Giuseppe], Adrienne d’Ambricourt [Madame La Cantinicère], Paul Panzer [Sergeant Le Gros], Joe Moore [Le Bro-way]

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation [An Allan Dwan Production; A Paramount Picture]. / Scenario by Forrest Halsey, from the play Wages of Virtue by Percival Christopher Wren. Cinematography by George Webber. Presented by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. / Released 10 November 1924. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot at Paramount’s Astoria Studios on Long Island, New York; Swanson’s sixth film shot there.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Foreign Legion - Italians - Rescues - Soldiers

Listing updated: 30 November 2023.

References: Bogdanovich-Dwan p. 74; Bondanella-Hollywood p. 22; Hudson-Swanson pp. 173, 174, 175; Quirk-Swanson pp. 172-173, 174, 175, 176 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.