The Red Lily

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Red Lily, 1924.

Jean (Ramon Novarro) has escaped his father's thugs back home in Brittany and raced back to Paris, where he was separated from his innocent bride Marise (Enid Bennett) after they eloped, already in trouble, in Fred Niblo's The Red Lily, 1924.

Jean (Ramon Novarro) is now a fugitive, hiding out in Paris and falling under the influence of thief Bobo (Wallace Beery), still hoping to find his betrothed Marise (Enid Bennett), who's having a rough time, in director Fred Niblo's The Red Lily, 1924.

Somewhat wacky but effective opening, director Fred Niblo working from his own story, introducing Ramon Novarro as Jean, Enid Bennett as Marise, Frank Currier as the mayor, in rural France, from nascent M-G-M, in The Red Lily, 1924.