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Our Better Selves

"Enthralling story of two lives being wasted in idleness, vain and frivolous living tried by the fires of adversity."

1919-07-27 Drama 50mins

The marriage of a wealthy and frivolous member of French nobility, Loyette Merval, to an American aristocratic idler named Willard Standish, is a loving one, except for their mutual dissatisfaction with Willard's idleness. After Willard becomes a chauffeur, Loyette's subsequent disgust causes him to quit. When the war begins, Willard joins the French Secret Service, while Loyette continues her social life, upset about their separation. After Willard, wounded, hides in a convent, Loyette leaves to find him.

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The marriage of a wealthy and frivolous member of French nobility, Loyette Merval, to an American aristocratic idler named Willard Standish, is a loving one, except for their mutual dissatisfaction with Willard's idleness. After Willard becomes a chauffeur, Loyette's subsequent disgust causes him to quit. When the war begins, Willard joins the French Secret Service, while Loyette continues her social life, upset about their separation. After Willard, wounded, hides in a convent, Loyette leaves to find him.

  • Released
    1919-07-27
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  • Budget
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  • Runtime
    50mins
  • Genre
    Drama, War
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    No Language
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  • Production
    Astra Film

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Ouida Bergère
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Cast

Fannie Ward

Fannie Ward

Loyette Merval
Lew Cody

Lew Cody

Willard Standish
Charles Hill Mailes

Charles Hill Mailes

Henry Laurens

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