Film

Madame Rex

1911 · 17m · Drama

Located in the south of France, a woman, who, after the death of her husband, is forced to assume the management of the Gambling Casino, of which he was proprietor. She places her daughter in a convent and keeps her in ignorance of her occupation. Twelve years later the mother becomes engaged to a young nobleman. The young man, however, by accident, meets the daughter, now seventeen years old, and falls in love with her, not knowing her identity. The mother realizing the truth of the situation, sacrifices her own love for the young man for her daughter's happiness.

Edwin August

Stephanie Longfellow

Verner Clarges

Edward Dillon

Francis J. Grandon

John T. Dillon

Joseph Graybill

Florence La Badie

Henry Lehrman

Wilfred Lucas

Jeanie Macpherson

Alfred Paget

Vivian Prescott

W.C. Robinson

• D.W. GriffithDirector
• Mary PickfordWriter

Release date

April 17, 1911

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

17m

Genres

Drama