New Lives for Old

New Lives for Old

NR 1925 · 70 min · ★ 9.0 · Drama

Olympe is a cabaret dancer who offers her services to France when her country goes to war. She becomes a spy and provides valuable intelligence information during World War I by winning the confidence of a German officer. Hugh Warren is the American soldier who falls for Olympe. She allows him to believe she is a simple peasant and reveals nothing of her career as a spy. The two fall in love and are married, but the villainous German agent De Montinrich reveals to her husband's family that she is a tawdry club dancer. Unable to reveal her role in espionage, Olympe is ostracized by her friends and family. When the French government honors Olympe for her wartime bravery, her family no longer considers her a blemish on their sterling reputation.

Directed by Clarence G. Badger · Written by Adelaide Heilbron

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Betty Compson Olympe
Wallace MacDonald Hugh Warren
Theodore Kosloff De Montinbard
Sheldon Lewis Pugin
Jack Joyce Jean Bertaut
Margaret Seddon Widow Turrene
Joseph J. Dowling Senator Warren
Helen Dunbar Mrs. Warren
Gale Henry Berthe
Marvel Quivey Nancy
Edward Faust Cafe Manager
William Boyd Soldier (uncredited)

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