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New Lives for Old

1925 • 1h10m Drama

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Olympe is a cabaret dancer who offers her services to France when her country goes to war. She becomes a spy and provides valuable intelligence information during World War I by winning the confidence of a German officer. Hugh Warren is the American soldier who falls for Olympe. She allows him to believe she is a simple peasant and reveals nothing of her career as a spy. The two fall in love and are married, but the villainous German agent De Montinrich reveals to her husband's family that she is a tawdry club dancer. Unable to reveal her role in espionage, Olympe is ostracized by her friends and family. When the French government honors Olympe for her wartime bravery, her family no longer considers her a blemish on their sterling reputation.

Details

Director

Clarence G. Badger

Screenplay

Adelaide Heilbron

Cast

Betty Compson

Wallace MacDonald

Theodore Kosloff

Release date

2/22/1925

Status

Released

Origin country

US