The Love Mart

The Love Mart

She was his slave---bought and paid for---and now he was protecting her with his life. Would she ever understand why?

1927 · 80 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama

Victor, an adventurous young swashbuckler in 19th-century New Orleans, takes possession of a barber shop as the result of winning a duel, and decides to settle down to a life as a barber. He meets a beautiful young woman and pursues her, but she dismisses his attentions because she thinks he is just a barber. Also pursuing the woman is the evil Capt. Remy, whom she also brushes off. He, however, doesn't take rejection so lightly, and forges papers "proving" that the girl is a "quadroon"--part black, which means that she can be sold as a slave. She is sold to Capt. Remy, and when Victor hears of it, he determines to rescue her.

Directed by George Fitzmaurice

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Cast

Billie Dove Antoinette Frobelle
Gilbert Roland Victor Jallot
Ray Turner Poupet (as Raymond Turner)
Noah Beery Capt. Remy
Armand Kaliz Jean Delicado
Émile Chautard Louis Frobelle
Boris Karloff Fleming
Mattie Peters Caresse

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