He fled a murder he didn't commit, but the blizzard took his past.
Assuming that he has killed the husband of the woman he also loves, Judson Clark flees through a blizzard to a lonely cabin, where he nearly dies. When he recovers, he has lost his memory and is believed to be dead until an actress recognizes 'the young doctor'.
Cinematography
Blizzard sequences that feel genuinely punishing for 1924.
Acting
Nita Naldi's smoldering screen presence as the actress who knows.
Director
Herbert Brenon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Herbert Brenon was so prolific in the silent era that he directed over 100 films, most now lost.
Nita Naldi was Paramount's answer to Theda Bara, and this role let her pivot from vamp to something more tortured.
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