The Scarlet Lady

1h 12m
Drama
7

The film follows Lya, a woman seeking refuge from Cossack soldiers, who finds herself at the palace of Prince Nicholas. She becomes his majordomo and they fall in love, but their relationship is disrupted when Nicholas learns of her past with a Bolshevik leader. Lya is expelled, becomes a terrorist, and later encounters Nicholas again, now disguised as a servant. When Nicholas is sentenced to death, she rescues him and they escape together.

Cast

Lya De Putti
Lya
Don Alvarado
Prince Nicholas Karloff
Warner Oland
Ivan Zaneriff
Otto Matieson
Valet
Jacqueline Gadsden
Princess Olga
John S. Peters
Captain
Theodore Lodi
Unknown

Crew

Alan Crosland
Director
Bess Meredyth
Adaptation
John F. Goodrich
Screenplay
Elmer Harris
Story
Frank Atkinson
Editor
Ben Pivar
Editor
James Van Trees
Director of Photography
Walter Mayo
Assistant Director
Harry Cohn
Producer
Lou Herscher
Songs
Harrison Wiley
Art Direction

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