New Lives for Old

New Lives for Old

70 mins | Drama | Feb. 22, 1925

Olympe is a cabaret dancer who offers her services to France when her country goes to war. She becomes a spy and provides valuable intelligence information during World War I by winning the confidence of a German officer. Hugh Warren is the American soldier who falls for Olympe. She allows him to believe she is a simple peasant and reveals nothing of her career as a spy. The two fall in love and are married, but the villainous German agent De Montinrich reveals to her husband's family that she is a tawdry club dancer. Unable to reveal her role in espionage, Olympe is ostracized by her friends and family. When the French government honors Olympe for her wartime bravery, her family no longer considers her a blemish on their sterling reputation.

New Lives for Old

70 mins | Drama | Feb. 22, 1925

New Lives for Old
Olympe is a cabaret dancer who offers her services to France when her country goes to war. She becomes a spy and provides valuable intelligence information during World War I by winning the confidence of a German officer. Hugh Warren is the American soldier who falls for Olympe. She allows him to believe she is a simple peasant and reveals nothing of her career as a spy. The two fall in love and are married, but the villainous German agent De Montinrich reveals to her husband's family that she is a tawdry club dancer. Unable to reveal her role in espionage, Olympe is ostracized by her friends and family. When the French government honors Olympe for her wartime bravery, her family no longer considers her a blemish on their sterling reputation.
Producers Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Original title New Lives for Old
Directors Clarence G. Badger
Writers Adelaide Heilbron

Cast

Betty Compson

as Olympe

Wallace MacDonald

as Hugh Warren

Theodore Kosloff

as De Montinbard

Sheldon Lewis

as Pugin

Jack Joyce

as Jean Bertaut

Margaret Seddon

as Widow Turrene

Joseph J. Dowling

as Senator Warren

Helen Dunbar

as Mrs. Warren

Gale Henry

as Berthe

Marvel Quivey

as Nancy

Edward Faust

as Cafe Manager

William Boyd

as Soldier (uncredited)