The Scarlet Lady
1928•NR•1h 12m•7.0•Released
Drama
The film follows Lya, a woman seeking refuge from Cossack soldiers, who finds herself at the palace of Prince Nicholas. She becomes his majordomo and they fall in love, but their relationship is disrupted when Nicholas learns of her past with a Bolshevik leader. Lya is expelled, becomes a terrorist, and later encounters Nicholas again, now disguised as a servant. When Nicholas is sentenced to death, she rescues him and they escape together.
Director
Alan Crosland
Writer
John F. Goodrich
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Cast
Lya De Putti
Lya
Don Alvarado
Prince Nicholas Karloff
Warner Oland
Ivan Zaneriff
Otto Matieson
Valet
Jacqueline Gadsden
Princess Olga
John S. Peters
Captain
Theodore Lodi
Production
Company
Columbia Pictures
Producer
Harry Cohn
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