Foolish Wives(1922)
A con artist masquerades as Russian nobility and attempts to seduce the wife of an American diplomat.
Movie: Foolish Wives
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Count Wladislaw Sergius Karamzin
Andrew J. Hughes
Helen Hughes
Princess Olga Petchnikoff
Princess Vera Petchnikoff
Maruschka
Cesare Ventucci
Crippled Girl (uncredited)
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A con artist masquerades as Russian nobility and attempts to seduce the wife of an American diplomat.
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1922-01-11
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