An exposé of the "fake" or "wicked" Bohemian social circles, highlighting the moral consequences of their actions. The film features a "pleasure-seeking" philosophy, evidenced by the intertitle that read, "May we help ourselves to life's pleasures?"
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Jobyna Ralston as Dorinda Maxwell
Mae Busch as Kitty Perkins
Robert Frazer as David
Lila Lee as Norma Davis
Robert Ober as Jimmie
Ray Hallor as Chad
George Periolat as Hatch
Cosmo Kyrle Bellew as Judge Davis
James W. Horne Director
Henry McCarty Writer
Delos Sutherland Writer
Max Dupont Cinematography
Stephen S. Norton Cinematography
Ralph Dawson Editor
United States 30 August 1928
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01 October 1928
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25 March 1928
John Stoval, a guard in a New York subway, thinks that Philip Hurd, who owns a concession at Coney Island, would make a good husband for his daughter Sophie.
01 May 1928
A young cleaning woman in a boarding-house relieves the drudgery of her job by daydreaming that a foreign student at the house, who she believes is interested in her, is actually a wealthy nobleman who sweeps her off on a romantic journey.
19 February 1928
A disgraced son of a sheriff is adopted by an Indian tribe after saving the son of a chief.
25 March 1928
In Midnight Madness millionaire diamond miner Michael Bream (Clive Brook) discovers that the woman he’s marrying — funfair shooting-gallery hostess Norma Forbes — is a gold digger.
23 March 1928
Set during the 16th-century Spanish occupation of Flanders, the story concentrates on the fiercely patriotic Mark Van Ryke (Colman).
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Harvey Baremore is upset with any perceived extravagance from his demure wife Druid, while he is secretly stealing from his boss John Kimball to ply his mistress Doris with gifts.
10 December 1928
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12 August 1928
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