Directed by:
William A. WellmanScreenplay:
Robert CarsonComposer:
Victor YoungCast:
Ronald Colman, Walter Huston, Muriel Angelus, Ida Lupino, Dudley Digges, Ernest Cossart, Ferike Boros, Pedro de Cordoba, Colin Tapley, Ronald Sinclair (more)Plots(1)
Based on a classic tale from Rudyard Kipling, this melodrama chronicles the desperate attempt of a painter to finish his greatest painting before he goes blind. His affliction is due to a war wound and his final project is to paint a portrait of London's most notorious prostitute. Trouble begins when the hooker falls deeply in love with the artist. Unfortunately, social mores forbid their union and this frustrates the wanton woman. Meanwhile, the artist feverishly continues to paint her. The result is exquisite. Unfortunately, by this time, the whore can no longer contain her frustrated rage, and unbeknownst to the painter whose sight is nearly gone, viciously slashes it. Later the artist takes his prized work and shows it to his best friend, a military officer, in a heartbreaking scene. Afterward the two colleagues head down to fight in the Sudan. There, the devastated painter begs the officer to allow him to participate in one final, glorious charge atop a shining white stallion. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Ronald Colman
UK
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Walter Huston
Canada
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Muriel Angelus
UK
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Ida Lupino
UK
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Dudley Digges
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Ernest Cossart
UK
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Ferike Boros
Austria-Hungary
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Pedro de Cordoba
USA
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Colin Tapley
New Zealand
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Ronald Sinclair
New Zealand
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Halliwell Hobbes
UK
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Charles Irwin
Ireland
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Francis McDonald
USA
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George Regas
Greece
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George Melford
USA
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Sam Harris
Australia
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Colin Kenny
Ireland
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Cyril Ring
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George Chandler
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Fay Helm
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