About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 23. Chapters: Ben-Hur (1925 film), Blood and Sand (1922 film), Camille (1927 film), Dangerous Hours, Dream of Love, Fuss and Feathers, Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1916 film), Greater Than Love, Hairpins (film), Happy Though Married, Her Husband's Friend, Mother o' Mine, Officer 666 (1916 film), Partners Three, Redemption (1930 film), Rose o' the Sea, Sex (film), Silk Hosiery, Stepping Out (1919 film), Strangers of the Night, The Enemy (1927 film), The False Road, The Famous Mrs. Fair, The Haunted Bedroom, The Law of Men, The Mark of Zorro (1920 film), The Marriage Ring, The Mysterious Lady, The Red Lily, The Temptress, The Three Musketeers (1921 film), The Virtuous Thief, The Woman He Married, The Woman in the Suitcase, Thy Name Is Woman, Two Lovers (1928 film), Two White Arms, What Every Woman Learns, When Do We Eat? (1918 film), Young Donovan's Kid. Excerpt: The Temptress (1926) is an American silent romantic drama film directed by Fred Niblo. Starring Greta Garbo, Antonio Moreno, Lionel Barrymore and Roy D'Arcy it premiered on October 10, 1926. The film melodrama was based on a novel by Vicente Blasco Ibanez adapted for the screen by Dorothy Farnum. In her eighth film and only second film for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Garbo plays the title role, a beautiful woman who destroys all who come in contact with her. The film was released on DVD in 2005 with a new score, written by Michael Picton, who won Turner Classic Movies's fifth annual Young Film Composers competition. The story opens in Paris at a masquerade ball where the unhappy Elena (Garbo) meets Manuel Robledo (Antonio Moreno), an Argentine engineer. After removing their masks, they spend the night together in a park and they fall in love under the stars. They declare their love for one another, with Manuel giving her a ring, before departing. The next day when he goes to visit his friend, Marques De Torre Bianca (Armand Kaliz), Manuel is stunned to learn that his wife happens to be Elena. He is disillusioned and upset. Wanting nothing more to do with her, he leaves. At a dinner party, Fontenoy (Marc MacDermott), a middle-aged banker permitted by Bianca to have Elena be his mistress in order for them to be financially secure, distracts the guests by making a startling speech around the table on how Elena, the temptress, has ruined his life and blames her for his financial ruin. As he drains his glass he collapses at the table after taking his drink that was evidently filled with poison. Back at their home, the Marquis, who had encouraged his wife's affair with Fontenoy, informs Elena that he too is overwhelmed with debt. Distraught over the incident and the departure of Robledo back, she empties her jewel box, giving all that she received from Fontenoy to the Marquis. Robledo arrives to comfort his friend and tell him that he is returning to Argentina. As he is leaving,
