Louis R. Loeffler

Nascimento : 1897-02-24,

Morte : 1972-04-22

História

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Louis R. Loeffler (February 24, 1897 – April 22, 1972) was an American film editor. Through his five-decade career, he worked on over one hundred films, including In Old Arizona (1928), In the Meantime, Darling (1944), Laura (1944), The Iron Curtain (1948), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), River of No Return (1954), and Anatomy of a Murder (1959). He was nominated for two Academy Awards for film editing in 1960 and 1963 for the films Anatomy of a Murder and The Cardinal respectively.

Filmes

O Incerto Amanhã
Editor
Following the Second World War, a northern cannery combine negotiates for the purchase of a large tract of uncultivated Georgia farmland. The major portion of the land is owned by Julie Ann Warren and has already been optioned by her unscrupulous, draft dodging husband, Henry. Now the combine must also obtain two smaller plots - one owned by Henry's cousin Rad McDowell, a combat veteran with a wife and family; the other by Reeve Scott, a young black man whose mother had been Julie's childhood Mammy. But neither Rad nor Reeve is interested in selling and they form an unprecedented black and white partnership to improve their land. Although infuriated by the turn of events, Henry remains determined to push through the big land deal. And when Reeve's mother Rose dies, Henry tries to persuade his wife to charge Reeve with illegal ownership of his property, confident the the bigoted Judge Purcell will rule against a Negro.
Em Busca do Prazer
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A trio of gorgeous American tourists hope to find love while vacationing in Spain. Secretary Maggie Williams falls hard for a married newsman named Paul Barton while fighting off the advances of one of his employees. Singer Fran Hobson sets her sights on a handsome European doctor. And coed Susie Higgins receives an unexpected proposal from smooth-talking womanizer Emilio Lacaya.
Shock Treatment
Editor
A private investigator endures the rigors of an insane asylum in order to locate $1 million in stolen loot.
O Cardeal
Editor
Um jovem padre católico de Boston enfrenta o fanatismo, o nazismo e seus próprios conflitos pessoais ao subir ao cargo de cardeal. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)
Tempestade sobre Washington
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Indicado pelo Presidente dos Estados Unidos para o cargo de Secretário de Estado, Robert Leffingwell comparece perante uma comissão do Senado, presidida pelo senador idealista Brig Anderson, que deve decidir se ele é a pessoa certa para o cargo.
Os Comancheros
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O Capitão Cutter é um Texas Ranger determinado a encontrar e destruir um grupo de bandidos que vende armas para os índios e são chamados de Comancheros. Aprisiona um jogador de pôquer Paul Regret que acaba se transformando em seu aliado. e 14.
São Francisco de Assis
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Nascido em berço de ouro, cercado de privilégios, paixões e luxo, Francisco de Assis veio a ser um dos mais amados e reverenciados santos da história. Bradford Dillman interpreta de modo marcante o ambicioso aventureiro que ouve a voz de Deus e responde abandonando sua vida de conforto. Ao trocar a espada pela cruz, ele se eleva à glória... Mas acaba tendo o trabalho de sua vida ameaçado por uma hierarquia corrupta e ciumenta dentro da própria Igreja. Sob a batuta de Michael Curtiz, famoso diretor de Casablanca, esta história épica de coragem e sacrifício é uma inspiração para toda a família.
Exodus
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Based on Leon Uris' novel, this historical epic provides a dramatic backstory to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, in the aftermath of World War II. Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.
Tentação
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A clergyman travels to Spain to join the Loyalist side during the Spanish Civil War and finds himself attracted to a beautiful entertainer.
Anatomia de um crime
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Em um julgamento de assassinato, o advogado do réu alega que ele teve insanidade temporária, depois que a vítima estuprou sua esposa. Qual é a verdade?
A Delícia de um Dilema
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Harry Bannerman, um residente do subúrbio de Connecticut, se envolve em diversas situações inusitadas quando sua esposa decide liderar um protesto contra a produção de mísseis na base aérea local.
A Certain Smile
Editor
A pretty Parisian law student falls in love with her boyfriend's uncle.
O Mercador de Almas
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Ben Quick chega em Frenchman's Bend, Mississippi, depois de ser expulso de outra cidade por supostamente queimar um celeiro por vingança. Will Varner é dono de quase tudo em Frenchman's Bend e contrata Ben para trabalhar em sua loja. Will acha que seu próprio filho, Jody, que administra a loja, não tem ambição e se desespera ao conseguir que sua esposa, Eula, fique grávida. Will acha que sua filha, Clara, professora de escola, nunca vai se casar. Ele decide que Ben Quick poderia ser um bom marido para Clara trazer sangue novo para a família.
A Mulher do Próximo
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The marital difficulties of four couples living in a southern California housing development become intertwined. Among the unhappy couples are ne'er-do-well Jerry Flagg and his long-suffering wife Isabelle, flirtatious Leola Boone and her sadistic husband Troy, hard-working Herman Kreitzer and his understanding wife Betty, and newlyweds Jean and David Martin.
Ciúme, Tempero do Amor
Editor
Three strangers embark on a life-changing journey on a fateful bus ride. As the road presents challenges, each character faces his or her own shortcomings, not knowing where life will lead next.
Esse Homem é Meu
Supervising Editor
Opportunistic con man Dan Kehoe ingratiates himself with the cantankerous mother of four outlaws and their beautiful widows in order to find their hidden gold.
Delírio de Loucura
Editor
A friendly, successful suburban teacher and father grows dangerously addicted to cortisone, resulting in his transformation into a household despot.
A Descarada
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In 1941, prostitute Mamie Stover (Jane Russell) has no choice but to flee San Francisco when the police turn on her and want her out of town. Figuring Hawaii would be a great place to begin anew, Stover books a trip aboard a Honolulu-bound boat, where she happens to meet writer Jim Blair (Richard Egan), who is quite taken with the former streetwalker. However, when the ship reaches Hawaii, Stover soon falls back into her old ways and begins working at a nightclub, much to Blair's dismay.
O Homem do Braço de Ouro
Editor
Um jogador que sonha em se tornar baterista de uma banda de jazz sai da prisão e retorna à sua cidade. Enquanto tenta se livrar da dependência das drogas e administra a complicada relação com sua esposa inválida, também se envolve com uma bela mulher, que lhe empresta o apartamento para praticar música.
Nas Garras da Ambição
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Two brothers discharged from the Confederate Army join a businessman for a cattle drive from Texas to Montana where they run into raiding Jayhawkers, angry Sioux, rough terrain and bad weather.
Violent Saturday
Editor
Three men case a small town very carefully, with plans to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday, which turns violent and deadly.
Carmen Jones
Editor
Versão contemporânea da ópera de Bizet, com novas letras e um elenco afro-americano. A história da produtora de cigarros Carmen e do soldado espanhol da cavalaria Don Jose é transposta na história moderna de uma operária de pára-quedas e um soldado robusto chamado Joe, que está prestes a ir para a escola de vôo. O conflito surge quando um campeão do ringue captura o coração de Carmen depois que ela seduziu Joe e o levou a ficar inoperante.
O Mundo é das Mulheres
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Needing to fill the position of general manager of his company, and believing that an executive's wife is crucial to her husband's success, auto industry mogul Gifford brings three couples to New York to size up: Jerry and Carol: he hard-driven and self-reliant, she willing to use her beauty to further her husband's career; Sid and Elizabeth, he ulcer-ridden and torn between achieving success and restoring their troubled marriage, she positive that his job will kill him, but gamely agreeing to play the good wife for the duration; and down-to-earth Bill, whose good-natured Katie fears that his promotion would spell the end of their idyllic familiy existence.
O Rio das Almas Perdidas
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Em 1875, durante a corrida do ouro nos Estados Unidos, Matt Calder (Robert Mitchum), um ex-presidiário que recentemente saiu da cadeia, reencontra Mark Calder (Tommy Retting), seu jovem filho que nada sabe do seu passado. Com ele planeja se estabelecer como fazendeiro. Algum tempo depois os dois socorrem Kay Weston (Marilyn Monroe), uma cantora de saloon que conheciam, e Harry Westo (Rory Calhoun), seu namorado, quando tentavam atravessar um perigoso rio em uma balsa. Mas Harry está tão ansioso em registrar uma concessão de ouro que ele diz que ganhou em um jogo e fere Matt, que o salvou, pois quer um cavalo e uma arma a qualquer custo. Kay fica então no rancho cuidando de Matt e Mark, enquanto Harry vai embora sozinho, mas prometendo voltar. Entretanto, os índios chegam no local e os três são obrigados a fugir por um rio com perigosas corredeiras. Mas o rancheiro está determinado em chegar ao seu destino, para se vingar.
Como Agarrar um Milionário
Editor
Schatze Page, Pola Debevoise e Loco Dempsey são três belas modelos que estão cansadas de namorar homens pobres. Elas armam um plano para conseguir maridos milionários, e para isso fingem ser ricas e alugam um elegante apartamento em Manhattan. Mas o plano começa a fracassar quando o dinheiro delas acaba e começam a se interessar por homens sem dinheiro.
Náufragos do Titanic
Editor
1912. Julia Sturges (Barbara Stanwyck), uma socialite, embarca no Titanic acompanhada pelos filhos, Annette (Audrey Dalton) e Norman (Harper Carter), e deixa para trás o marido, Richard Ward Sturges (Clifton Webb). Julia está cansada do estilo sofisticado do seu esposo e planeja viver nos Estados Unidos com os filhos. Richard arruma um jeito de embarcar no último minuto e descobre que Julia quer se divorciar dele. Eles acabam discutindo e coisas duras são ditas, mas quando o Titanic bate num iceberg e começa a afundar todos os problemas deles se tornam bem pequenos.
The I Don't Care Girl
Editor
This semi-film within a film opens in the office of producer George Jessel, who never saw a camera he couldn't get in front of, who is holding a story conference to determine the screen treatment for the life of Eva Tanguay, and Jessel is unhappy with what the writers present him.He tells them to look up Eddie McCoy, Eva's one-time partner, for the real inside story on the lusty and vital Eva. Eddie's version is that he discovered her working as a waitress in an Indianapolis restaurant in 1912, wherein singer Larry Woods and his partner Charles Bennett get into a fight over her and both land in the hospital, and McCoy convinces the manager to put Eva on as a single to fill their spot. She flopped, but McCoy arranges for Bennett to be her accompanist, and she went out of his life. The writers look up Bennett, now head of a music publishing company, who says McCoy's story is phony, and it was Flo Zigfeld who discovered Eva for his Follies.
Eu Te Matarei, Querida!
Editor
Um jovem planeja se vingar da mulher que acredita ter assassinado seu primo, mas seus planos são abalados quando ele se vê frente a frente com uma beleza enigmática. Quando o amado (e rico) primo de Philip Ashley, Ambrose, morre, ele está convencido de que Ambrose foi assassinado por sua nova esposa Rachel para herdar sua fortuna. Mas quando ele conhece Rachel e se apaixona por ela, ele acha que suas suspeitas devem ter sido infundadas. Mas será que eram infundadas? Ou Rachel está apenas tentando usar Philip para assumir a propriedade que Ambrose deixou para ele em vez de para ela? E será que ela vai matá-lo em seguida?
Travessuras de Casados
Editor
Um juiz de paz realiza casamentos poucos dias antes de sua licença ser válida. Alguns anos depois, cinco casais descobrem que nunca foram legalmente casados. Annabel Norris, já Sra Mississippi e pronta para entrar no concurso Sra América, está agora livre para entrar no concurso de Miss Mississippi. Ramona e Steve, que se detestam, mas se casaram para obter um contrato lucrativo de rádio; um casal que mal conseguia se falar; um magnata do petróleo e uma caçadora de fortunas; e soldado Willie Fisher, prestes a ser enviado para a Guerra da Coréia deixando sua linda esposa grávida.
Return of the Texan
Editor
A young widower named Sam Crockett returns from Kansas City to his small hometown in rural Texas, bringing with him his feisty grandfather and two young sons, Steve and Yoyo. He tries to make a go of the old family homestead but faces financial problems and pressures from his well-to-do neighbor, Rod Marshall. He also begins an on-again-off-again romance with Rod's sister-in-law, even though she's engaged to wed the town's doctor. Events come to head when Sam's grandfather suffers a stroke.
Cartas Envenenadas
Editor
É a estória de um médico em um hospital no Canadá, na província de Quebec, que recebe uma série de cartas. Posteriormente, mais cartas, todas assinadas por um misterioso pseudônimo "Raven", são liberadas para outras pessoas na pequena cidade canadense. A esposa do médico recebe uma carta acusando-a de ter um caso amoroso extraconjugal. Outra carta informa a um veterano de guerra, que fica chocado, que ele está morrendo de câncer, levando-o ao suicídio. Em breve, todos os habitantes da cidade estarão apontando os dedos para todos os possíveis suspeitos.
Entre Dois Juramentos
Editor
No outono de 1864, remanescentes de um regimento confederado de cavalaria da Geórgia são prisioneiros da União em um campo em Rock Island, Illinois. Sob o comando do coronel Clay Tucker, muitos estão doentes e feridos. Percebem uma chance de escapar quando o capitão da União Mark Bradford lhes propõe liberdade em troca deles ajudarem as tropas da União a combaterem os Apaches no remoto Novo México. O major comandante do Forte Thorn, local aonde os confederados são levados, suspeita que os recem-chegados planejam escapar e os hostiliza. Quando tudo estava pronto para a deserção e fuga, o coronel (agora tenente) Tucker recebe ordens de agentes confederados para esperar, havendo informações sobre um plano para apoiarem a criação de uma nova frente da Guerra Civil no Oeste.
Passos na Noite
Editor
O Sargento Detetive Mark Dixon quer ser algo que seu velho pai não era: um cara do lado certo da lei. Será que a natureza cruel de Dixon vai extrair dele a melhor?
A Ladra
Editor
Uma mulher secretamente sofrendo de cleptomania é hipnotizada em um esforço para curar sua condição. Logo depois, ela é encontrada no local de um assassinato sem memória de como ela chegou lá e aparentemente não há como provar sua inocência.
Dancing in the Dark
Editor
Emery Slade was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood in 1932, but by 1949 his career has hit the skids. Fortunately, he is able to convince studio head Melville Crossman to cast him in the adaptation of a hit Broadway show. Crossman has one condition: Slade must travel to New York and convince the female star of the stage production to join the film. Slade goes, but, when he eyes the winsome Julie Clarke, he hatches a different scheme.
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
Editor
Period musical about a song plugger who vows to turn an opera composer's music into popular hits.
O Leque da Lady Windermere
Editor
Lord Windermere appears to all - including his young wife Margaret - to be the perfect husband. The couple's happy marriage is placed at risk when he starts paying visits to a mysterious beautiful newcomer, Mrs. Erylnne, who is determined to make her entry into London's high society. Worse, the secret gets back to Margaret that Windermere has been giving Mrs. Erylnne large sums of money.
Esse Impulso Maravilhoso
Editor
When an heiress finds out that the friendly young man she's met at Sun Valley is really an investigative reporter, she ruins his career by falsely claiming they're married.
A Cortina de Ferro
Editor
The Iron Curtain is based on the actual 1945 case of Soviet cipher clerk Igor Gouzenko, (Dana Andrews), who, after careful training, was assigned to the U.S.S.R. Embassy in Ottawa, Canada in the midst of World War II. Eventually, Gouzenko defected with 109 pages of material implicating several high level Canadian officials, outlined the steps taken to secure information about the the details of the nuclear bomb via numerous sleeper cells established throughout North America. The scandal that resulted when details of this case were publicized by American columnist Drew Pearson in early 1946 involved Canada, Britain and the United States.
Êxtase de Amor
Editor
A artista Daisy Kenyon se apaixona pelo advogado Dan, casado com a volátil Lucille. Dan viaja por algumas semanas e Daisy começa a sair com um veterano de guerra, com quem acaba se casando. Quando Dan retorna, as coisas se complicam ainda mais.
Home Sweet Homicide
Editor
Mystery writer Marian Carstairs is hard at work trying to finish her latest novel. Her three children meanwhile are entertaining themselves by trying to solve a murder in their own neighborhood. In between gathering clues, the kids play matchmaker by trying to fix up their widowed mom with the handsome detective investigating the case.
Laura
Editor
Baseado em um conto de Vera Caspary, este mistério sobre o assassinato da personagem principal mostra um detetive se apaixonando pelo retrato dessa bela vítima. Ele investiga três suspeitos para tentar solucionar o crime: um jornalista, o noivo de Laura, a vítima, e sua tia.
Wintertime
Editor
Nora and her uncle get railroaded into spending the night at a broken-down hotel in Canada. After Nora falls for the handsome owner, she convinces her uncle to invest in the inn and modernize it. After the hotel opens, Nora's uncle faces financial ruin and her romance hit a snag in the form of pretty reporter.
Quiet Please, Murder
Editor
A forger steals and kills for a rare book from a library in order to make forgeries to sell to rich suckers.
The Moon Is Down
Editor
The story of a small town in Norway that resists German occupation during World War II. Based on a John Steinbeck novel.
Margin for Error
Editor
When police officer Moe Finkelstein and his colleague Officer Salomon are ordered to serve as bodyguards to German consul Karl Baumer by the mayor of New York City, Finkelstein turns in his badge, convinced he has to quit the service because the man is a Nazi.
Thru Different Eyes
Editor
A celebrated district attorney reflects on the way circumstantial evidence impacted a famous murder case.
Young America
Editor
Young America is a 1942 American drama film directed by Louis King and written by Samuel G. Engel. The film stars Jane Withers, Jane Darwell, Lynne Roberts, Robert Cornell, William Tracy and Roman Bohnen. The film was released on February 6, 1942, by 20th Century Fox.
Marry the Boss's Daughter
Editor
Young man from Kansas goes to New York to work for his tycoon-hero. His superiors won't listen to his ideas about business, but the boss and his daughter do.
Ride on Vaquero
Editor
The Cisco Kid is captured while keeping a rendezvous with cantina dancer Dolores but is released by his captor, the commander of a U.S. Army regiment, to help break up a kidnap ring. On his way to Las Tables with his pal, Gordito, he makes a stop at the Martinez Rancho, where they learn that his friend Carlos has been kidnapped, from his wife Marquerita. At the Crystal Palace Saloon, Cisco runs into an old girlfriend, Sally, who he once jilted for a tight-rope walker, but she doesn't betray him when the sheriff and an army officer enter searching for Cisco.
Ride, Kelly, Ride
Editor
Jockey (Stephens) struggles against gamblers with the help of stable trainer (Pallette) and horse onwer's daughter (Quigley).
The Girl from Avenue A
Editor
A tough girl raised in the streets finds that her dialect and manners are helpful as source material for a playwright.
Girl in 313
Editor
A priceless necklace goes missing at a plush party. Police close in on the jewel thieves but is one cop getting too close to one of the crooks?
Swanee River
Editor
Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl, then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out. Typical of 20th Century Fox biopics of the time, the film is more fictional than factual biography.
Here I Am a Stranger
Editor
The story of a young man's discovery of his father.
Hotel for Women
Editor
Guests at a women's residence club help a jilted small-town girl turn to modelling.
Rose of Washington Square
Editor
Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband gets deeper in trouble.
A Princesinha
Editor
Garota é deixada em escola interna inglesa pelo pai, um oficial do exército. Ela recebe a notícia de que ele morreu, não se conforma e foge para tentar encontrá-lo em algum hospital.
I'll Give a Million
Editor
After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out that he will give a million dollars to anyone who is kind to a tramp.
Happy Landing
Editor
Bandleader and manager discover skater in Norway. They become rivals as she returns with them to America.
Lancer Spy
Editor
An Englishman impersonates an imprisoned German officer and "returns" to Germany to become a national hero. A female German spy is assigned to check him out but falls in love with him.
Carga Humana
Editor
Bonnie Brewster and "Packy" Campbell, rival reporters on competing newspapers, team up to put an end to a smuggling gang that brings illegal aliens to the United States, and then makes further victims of them by extortion payments. They go to Vancouver, Canada and board a ship carrying aliens. But the gang recognizes them as reporters and gang-henchmen Tony Scula (Ralf Harolde) and Ira Conklin take them off the ship. But Campbell recognizes Scula as the gunman who killed Carmen Zoro.
Doutor Bull
Editor
In this engaging adaptation of James Gould Cozzen's novel The Last Adam, film icon Will Rogers portrays Dr. George Bull, a compassionate, highly regarded small-town physician who often prescribes a healthy dose of common sense! But when Bull begins dating a widow (Vera Allen), the local gossips misconstrue the story. To make matters worse, Bull's plainspoken manner earns him an enemy in the wealthy owner of a nearby construction camp. But once it's learned that the camp has caused illness by polluting the local water supply, the good doctor steps in to try to restore the town's health - and his reputation!
Pilgrimage
Editor
A mother from Arkansas is very possessive of her grown son. To prevent him from getting married she has him drafted into WW I.
Week Ends Only
Editor
A recently impoverished but formerly wealthy young woman ends up working as a nightclub hostess. There she meets a handsome, sophisticated and wealthy fellow who hires her to help him spice up his weekend parties. She begins helping him and regains her lost wealth and posh lifestyle.
Amateur Daddy
Editor
Jim Gladden, a construction site foreman, is partially responsible for the accidental death of one of his workers, Fred Smith, and makes good on Fred's deathbed request to go to Scotch Valley and take care of his surviving wife and children. When Jim arrives in the small town, he is told that there are two Fred Smith families in Scotch Valley, the rich Smiths and the poor Smiths. Jim assumes that the Smiths he is looking for are the poor ones, and is directed to a house where four children live in poverty.
Lightnin'
Editor
Lightnin' and Mary Jones are co-owners of a hotel built right on a state border, used by divorcing wives so they can pretend to be in California while establishing residency in Nevada. When Lightnin' refuses to sell his share of the hotel to a gang of crooks, Mary is coerced into divorcing her husband so that she can sign over the deed herself.
One Mad Kiss
Editor
Estrada, the chief government official of the region, has put a price on the head of José Savedra for causing the local people to rebel against his tax collectors. Dancer Rosario Montes also thinks that the tax levied against her "Fandango Café" is excessive and is not inclined to pay.
In Old Arizona
Editor
Army Sergeant Mickey Dunn sets out in pursuit of the Cisco Kid, a notorious if kind-hearted and charismatic bandit of the Old West. The Kid spends much of his loot on Tonia, the woman he loves, not realizing that she is being unfaithful to him in his absence. Soon, with her oblivious paramour off plying his trade, Tonia falls in with Dunn, drawn by the allure of a substantial reward for the Kid's capture -- dead or alive. Together, they concoct a plan to ambush and do away with the Cisco Kid once and for all.
The Red Dance
Editor
Tasia (Dolores del Río), a beautiful dancer lower class of Russia, falls heir to the throne Prince, Grand Duke Eugene (Charles Farrell), but only admired from a distance. At the outbreak of the Russian Revolution, the Duke falls in captivity and this allows Tasia be near him.