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The Age of Innocence is a american film of genre Drama directed by Wesley Ruggles released in USA on 10 november 1924 with Beverly Bayne
The Age of Innocence (1924)
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Add to a movie listThe Age of Innocence is a 1924 American silent film directed by Wesley Ruggles. It is the first film adaptation of Edith Wharton’s novel The Age of Innocence. It is considered a lost film.
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Newland Archer is engaged to May Mingott of a prominent New York family. Shortly after the engagement is announce, Newland finds himself attracted to May’s older married cousin Countess Ellen Olenska. After his marriage to May, Newland and Ellen agree to run away together. Before this can happen, May visits her husband’s lover and informs her that she is expecting a child. Ellen and Newland part ways, Newland vowing to be a better husband to his wife May.Actors
Beverly Bayne
(Countess Ellen Olanska)
Edith Roberts
(May Mingott)
Willard Louis
(Cornelius Beaufort)
Elliott Dexter
(Newland Archer)
Fred Huntley
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