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.
França, na véspera da Revolução Francesa. Henriette e Louise cresceram juntas como irmãs. Quando a praga que tira a vida de seus pais causa a cegueira de Louise, eles decidem viajar para Paris em busca de uma cura, mas são separados quando um aristocrata lascivo cruza seu caminho.
Anna (Lillian Gish) é uma menina do campo pobre e ingênua, que é iludida e acaba por entrar em um falso casamento com Lennox (Lowell Sherman), um homem rico e mulherengo. Ela fica grávida e ele a abandona, mas o bebê morre. Depois, ela arranja emprego e acolhimento em uma fazenda. O filho do dono se apaixona por ela, mas as lembranças do seu último relacionamento farão com que um novo envolvimento amoroso seja difícil.
