A Private Scandal

A Private Scandal

1921 · 50 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama

A French orphan girl is adopted into the home of wealthy Americans. There she becomes romantically involved with a farm worker and at the same time entangled in the deteriorating marriage of the American couple who rescued her.

Directed by Chester M. Franklin · Written by Hector Turnbull

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