In Search of a Thrill

Nov 20, 1923

0h 55m

★ 0.0

Overview

After she inherits a fortune, Ann Clemance travels to Paris to indulge herself in frivolity. She meets up with an old friend, writer Adrian Torrens, who disparages her lifestyle. Ann sees him befriend an Apache dancer and she believes he finds women in need of salvation more appealing.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Metro Pictures Corporation

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Cast

Ann Clemance

Viola Dana

Adrian Torrens

Warner Baxter

Lila Lavender

Mabel Van Buren

Sir George Dumphy

Templar Saxe

Tommy Perkins

Robert Schable

Jeanne

Rosemary Theby

Percy (the valet)

William Elmer

Dance Professor

Leo White

René de Farge

Walter Wills

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