Silent film where 'hostess' is doing a LOT of heavy lifting, darling.
The daughter of a sea captain, the heroine falls in with a bad crowd and is soon working as a "hostess" (wink! wink!) in a cheap waterfront dive.
Acting
Louise Lovely's face does ALL the talking, exquisitely.
Production
Authentic waterfront dives, no studio fakery here.
Director
Edward LeSaint
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of 1910s 'white slavery' panic films, where innocent girls were supposedly lured into sex work—moral hysteria disguised as entertainment.
Louise Lovely was Australian, one of few Aussie stars in early Hollywood; this was her peak before talkies ended her career.
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