Our Better Selves Trailer (1919)

"Enthralling story of two lives being wasted in idleness, vain and frivolous living tried by the fires of adversity." 27 July 1919 Drama, War 50 mins

The marriage of a wealthy and frivolous member of French nobility, Loyette Merval, to an American aristocratic idler named Willard Standish, is a loving one, except for their mutual dissatisfaction with Willard's idleness. After Willard becomes a chauffeur, Loyette's subsequent disgust causes him to quit. When the war begins, Willard joins the French Secret Service, while Loyette continues her social life, upset about their separation. After Willard, wounded, hides in a convent, Loyette leaves to find him.

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Cast

Fannie Ward as Loyette Merval

Lew Cody as Willard Standish

Charles Hill Mailes as Henry Laurens

Mary Wise

Crew

George Fitzmaurice Director

Ouida Bergère Screenplay

Ouida Bergère Story

International Releases Dates

United States 27 July 1919

Production Companies

Astra Film

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