Adoration

Dec 2, 1928

1h 13m

★ 0.0

The most beautiful actress of the screen...in her greatest role

Overview

Billie Dove, as Elena, pulls out all stops as a Russian princess and a woman-of-the-streets in Paris in an exotic romance and hand-wringing drama set in two countries and the way-stations in between.

Genres

Romance

Drama

History

Production Companies

First National Pictures

Adoration Trailers

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Cast

Elena

Billie Dove

Prince Serge Orloff

Antonio Moreno

Murajev

Émile Chautard

Ninette

Lucy Doraine

Ivan

Nicholas Bela

Vladimir

Nicholas Soussanin

Baroness

Winifred Bryson

Baron

Lucien Prival

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7.3

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1.0

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8.1

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0.0

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4.5

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1.0

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7.1

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0.0

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0.0

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7.0

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5.2

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5.8

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0.0

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8.0

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6.0

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0.0

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5.9

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0.0

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