Film

Our Better Selves

1919 · 50m · Drama · War

Enthralling story of two lives being wasted in idleness, vain and frivolous living tried by the fires of adversity.

The marriage of a wealthy and frivolous member of French nobility, Loyette Merval, to an American aristocratic idler named Willard Standish, is a loving one, except for their mutual dissatisfaction with Willard's idleness. After Willard becomes a chauffeur, Loyette's subsequent disgust causes him to quit. When the war begins, Willard joins the French Secret Service, while Loyette continues her social life, upset about their separation. After Willard, wounded, hides in a convent, Loyette leaves to find him.

Fannie Ward

Loyette Merval

Lew Cody

Willard Standish

Charles Hill Mailes

Henry Laurens

Mary Wise

• George FitzmauriceDirector
• Ouida BergèreScreenplay · Story

Release date

July 27, 1919

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

50m

Rated

NR

Genres

Drama, War