The Real Adventure

The Real Adventure

Personally directed by KING VIDOR. The story of a wife who wanted to be a real pal instead of a pretty pet.

1922 · 64 min · ★ 9.0 · Drama

After a brief courtship, Rose Stanton (Florence Vidor) marries lawyer Rodney Aldrich (Clyde Fillmore). She wants to be a helpmate, rather than just a plaything to him, but her attempts to study law are met with derision. So Rose leaves Rodney and goes to New York, explaining in a note that she will return when she has earned the right to be his equal. Rose heads for Broadway and lands in the chorus, but soon enough her talent as a designer is discovered and the great Ziegfeld gives her a two year contract to create the costumes for the Follies.

Directed by King Vidor · Written by Mildred Considine

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Florence Vidor Rose Stanton
Clyde Fillmore Rodney Aldrich
Nellie Peck Saunders Mrs. Stanton
Lilyan McCarthy Portia
Philip Ryder John Walbraith

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