Sacred and Profane Love

Sacred and Profane Love

60 mins | Drama, Romance | May 22, 1921

Carlotta Peel, who though sheltered from the facts of life by her Victorian aunt has acquired some knowledge from indiscriminate reading, meets Diaz, a celebrated pianist, at a concert and spends the evening with him. Later, in London, she acquires fame as a novelist and is followed to France by married publisher Frank Ispenlove, who commits suicide when she spurns him. In Paris, Carlotta finds Diaz a physical wreck from drinking absinthe and devotes herself to his regeneration.

Sacred and Profane Love

60 mins | Drama, Romance | May 22, 1921

Sacred and Profane Love
Carlotta Peel, who though sheltered from the facts of life by her Victorian aunt has acquired some knowledge from indiscriminate reading, meets Diaz, a celebrated pianist, at a concert and spends the evening with him. Later, in London, she acquires fame as a novelist and is followed to France by married publisher Frank Ispenlove, who commits suicide when she spurns him. In Paris, Carlotta finds Diaz a physical wreck from drinking absinthe and devotes herself to his regeneration.
Producers Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Original title Sacred and Profane Love
Directors William Desmond Taylor
Writers Julia Crawford Ivers, Arnold Bennett

Cast

Elsie Ferguson

as Carlotta Peel

Conrad Nagel

as Emilie Diaz, a pianist

Thomas Holding

as Frank Ispenlove

Helen Dunbar

as Constance Peel

Winifred Greenwood

as Mary Ispenlove

Raymond Blathwayt

as Lord Francis Alcar

Clarissa Selwynne

as Mrs. Sardis

Howard Gaye

as Albert Vicary

Forrest Stanley

as Samson

Jane Keckley

as Rebecca