Ever Since Eve

Aug 28, 1921

0h 50m

★ 0.0

A wonderful picture by a more wonderful actress, based on Jos. Ernest Peat's magazine story. "Concerning Chichine."

Overview

Carteret, an artist, adopts Célestine, a French orphan who gives evasive answers to questions about a certain young "man", her close acquaintance. A detective observes the movements of Célestine and the mysterious stranger, whom he believes is involved in a murder case. The artist, realizing that he is in love with his adopted daughter, is about to propose to her when she "runs away" with the stranger, who is actually the girl he had adopted and who has married an army officer, with Célestine acting as his proxy. Delighted by the turn of events, Carteret decides to marry Célestine immediately.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Fox Film Corporation

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Cast

Célestine Le Farge

Shirley Mason

Carteret

Herbert Heyes

Lorita

Eva Gordon

The Stranger

Ethel Lynne

Lieutenant Gerald O'Connor

Louis King

Svenson

Eunice Murdock Moore

Percy Goring

Charles Spere

Mrs. Kerry

Frances Hancock

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