Movie
The Madcap
1916
A quiet, old-fashioned romance that drifts along gently, with a jealous rival's scheming adding a soft thread of unease. Silent-era restraint makes it feel distant and decorous rather than gripping.
- Directed by
- William C. Dowlan
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Flora Parker DeHaven, Vera Doria, Richard Sterling
- Overview
- Chronically unable to meet the right man, Flora Fairbanks falls in love with John Markham, a young artist, while vacationing in France, and believes that her run of bad luck has ended. The Countess Olga Tcherny, however, also loves John, and, as she spies on the couple, plots her revenge on Flora.
- How it feels
- Romantic, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Love, betrayal, obsession, identity
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- William C. Dowlan
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Flora Parker DeHaven, Vera Doria, Richard Sterling
