The backdrop is fifteenth century France, and Charles, Duke of Burgundy has promised his daughter, Princess Mary, that she can marry the man she loves, Prince Maximilian of Styria. But when the Swiss threaten war, the duke is compelled to take back his word and he arranges for Mary to wed the half-witted dauphin of France's King Louis XI .
Under the Red Robe is a 1923 silent historical drama directed by Alan Crosland based upon the Stanley Weyman novel Under the Red Robe. The film marks the last motion picture appearance by stage actor Robert B. Mantell who plays Cardinal Richelieu and the only silent screen performance of opera singer John Charles Thomas.
The dashing but arrogant Prince Michael Fedor Lubimoff has to flee Tsarist Russia after falling into disgrace and settles in Monte Carlo, where he resumes his life of debauchery while World War I ravages the fields of Europe… (Partially lost film; reels 3 and 9 of a total of 11 are missing.)
Mary Tudor falls in love with a new arrival to court, Charles Brandon. She convinces her brother King Henry VIII to make him his Captain of the Guard. Meanwhile, Henry is determined to marry her off to the aging King Louis XII of France as part of a peace agreement.
France, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as sisters. When the plague that takes their parents' lives causes Louise's blindness, they decide to travel to Paris in search of a cure, but they separate when a lustful aristocrat crosses their path.
가난한 시골 처녀 애나는 내키지 않았지만 어머니의 부탁으로 친척에게 돈을 꾸러 도시로 간다. 그런데 귀여운 애나를 눈여겨본 바람둥이 레녹스가 그녀를 꾀어 둘은 결혼까지 하게 된다. 하지만 애나는 임신한 채 버림받고 아이마저 죽자 절망한 그녀는 정처 없이 떠돌아다닌다. 그러다 애나는 대지주 바틀릿가에서 일하게 되는데 지주의 아들 데이비드가 애나에게 반한다. 하지만 과거의 상처에서 벗어나지 못한 애나는 데이비드를 거부한다.
여러 차례 영화화되었던 로티 블레어 파커의 동명 희곡을 바탕으로 했으며, 이 희곡을 각색한 작품 중 최고로 꼽힌다. 무성영화의 여신 릴리언 기쉬가 애나 역을 맡아 열연했다.
