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Cast

Anita Stewart

Anita Stewart

Yvette Murree

Julia Swayne Gordon

Julia Swayne Gordon

Elois Murree

E.K. Lincoln

E.K. Lincoln

Rex

Harry Northrup

Harry Northrup

Murree

Janice Cummings

Janice Cummings

Elois' Maid

R.A. Roberts

R.A. Roberts

Manager

Crew

Ralph Ince

Ralph Ince

Director

Jacques Futrelle

Jacques Futrelle

Story

Marguerite Bertsch

Marguerite Bertsch

Scenario Writer

William S. Adams

William S. Adams

Director of Photography

William T. Stuart

William T. Stuart

Director of Photography

George Randolph Chester

George Randolph Chester

Editor

Lillian Christy Chester

Lillian Christy Chester

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The Painted World

19190.0 / 1050 min
Drama

Overview

When burlesque dancer Elois Murree gives birth to her daughter Yvette, she sends to a fashionable boarding school away from the stage environment and her drunken husband. Yvette visits infrequently but during one sojourn Murree slashes Elois' left eye in an argument forcing Elois, now veiled, to perform billed as the Masked Queen. Yvette becomes attracted to her friend’s brother, Rex, she avoids him after she learns that he wants his prospective bride to come from a good family. Yvette becomes a burlesque queen, but a distraught Elois tries to kill her to save her soul and then commits suicide, leaving the bloodied knife in the hands of her drunken husband, who then is arrested. Later, Yvette finds happiness with Rex.