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Zaza

1923·US
Director: Allan Dwan
ComedyRomanceDrama

Zaza is an actress and the favorite at an open-air theater in a small French town. When diplomat Bernard Dufresne comes to the village, he stays away for fear he will fall for her. But during one performance, while Zaza is singing on a swing, her rival cuts the rope and she falls. Zaza is badly injured and she makes Dufresne's acquaintance. A romance quickly springs up and he installs her in a villa. Their happiness is marred, however, when his wife appears.

Zaza is an actress and the favorite at an open-air theater in a small French town. When diplomat Bernard Dufresne comes to the village, he stays away for fear he will fall for her. But during one performance, while Zaza is singing on a swing, her rival cuts the rope and she falls. Zaza is badly injured and she makes Dufresne's acquaintance. A romance quickly springs up and he installs her in a villa. Their happiness is marred, however, when his wife appears.

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Cast

Gloria Swanson

Gloria Swanson

Zaza

H.B. Warner

H.B. Warner

Bernard Dufresne

Ferdinand Gottschalk

Ferdinand Gottschalk

Duke de Brissac

Lucille La Verne

Lucille La Verne

Aunt Rosa

Mary Thurman

Mary Thurman

Florianne

Yvonne Hughes

Yvonne Hughes

Nathalie

Riley Hatch

Riley Hatch

Rigault

L. Rogers Lytton

L. Rogers Lytton

Stage Manager

Ivan Linow

Ivan Linow

Apache

Florence Fair

Florence Fair

Madame Dufresne

Helen Mack

Helen Mack

Lucille Dufresne

Crew

Harold Rosson

cinematographer

Albert S. Le Vino

writer

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