Four artists, one muse, zero chill — 1918's messiest love pentagon.
Helene, who dances in a Greenwich Village cabaret accompanied on the violin by her grandfather, loses her job after his death. She then is hired as a portrait model by four artists--Jaffrey Darrel, Ned Lorrimer, Dick Turner and Stanley Sargent--all of whom become fascinated with her. Helene leaves the Village when Ned's jealousy disrupts the camaraderie of the quartet and becomes a stage star. Meanwhile, all of the artists have attained success except Jaffrey, who refuses to taint his art with commercialism.
Cinematography
Greenwich Village locations captured with surprising intimacy.
Costume
Helene's cabaret outfits define flapper-before-flappers energy.
Director
Harley Knoles
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
June Elvidge was a major star who abruptly retired in 1924 at age 30, making her surviving silents precious time capsules.
This captures real 1910s Greenwich Village bohemia — the actual artists' colony where free love and radical politics brewed before becoming cliché.
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