1916 silent comedy where posing nude gets you expelled but marrying a stranger? Mom-approved!
Effie Marchand refuses to marry a man she has never met, but who has been picked out by her mother, is exiled to boarding school Then, when sculpting teacher Jules Gerard asks her to pose for him, an always impulsive Effie quickly consents. During one of the modeling sessions, however, Jules tries to seduce her, and Effie is saved only when Al Tournay, a visitor to the studio, fights off the sculptor. Later, when Jules' latest nude statue looks just like Effie, who really only posed for the head, an outraged principal expels her. Effie then begins a romance with Al, and when they get married, Effie's mother takes the wedding as just one more sign of her daughter's impulsiveness. Mrs. Marchand soon finds out, however, that her new son-in-law is the man she had chosen for Effie long before, and so mother and daughter are quickly reconciled.
Acting
June Caprice's expressive face sells every scandalous moment.
Production
Surviving print rarity—watching history itself.
Director
John G. Adolfi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
June Caprice was a major Fox star known as 'The Pocket Venus'—this was one of her final films before retirement at age 20.
The 'nude model scandal' plot was recycled constantly in 1910s films, exploiting censorship loopholes—suggesting sin without showing skin.
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