The Romance of an American Duchess
Released Fall 1915
Cast: Richard Travers, Sydney Ainsworth, Estelle Short, Gloria Swanson
Director: Multiple Essanay directors
Plot: A temptress is hired by a British countess to break up a duke's
marriage
to an American heiress.
Comments: Swanson (sixteen at the time) was playing a 30 year old woman
(the temptress) and was rather convincing according to the critics. She
was
very glamorous in the role and revealed a taste of what was to come in her
future career.
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