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Venice gets an idea, hiring a penniless fellow, Guy Bryson, to pretend to be a gigolo and spread word of Venice's effect on men. Soon she is the toast of Paris, suitors lining up to woo her, including Rene, a man of noble lineage. Unbeknownst to her, Rene is in serious debt. When she rejects his
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Although she is an heiress and quite lovely, Venice Muir is very shy. She is flattered when flirtatious Donnie Wainwright urges her to elope to Paris with him, then irked when he abandons her before their ship departs.
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Sailing back home, Venice is followed by more gossip, including some about Guy. A dazzled Donnie begins pursuing her again, finally winning over Venice without ever knowing of her ruse.
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as a shy and very proper young lady who decides to invent a scandalous past for herself to spice up her life. It is based on the novel of the same name by
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proposal, Rene commits suicide, enhancing Venice's reputation as a heartbreaking vixen.
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Sawdon, Clara M. "When Seen Through Feminine Eyes."
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Albert Conti as Rene, the Viscomte de la Thernardier
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Vol. 4 No. 2 p35. March, 1932. Accessed 7 May 2023.
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Edward H. Griffith
E. J. Babille
Harriet Henry
Charles R. Rogers
Constance Bennett
Ben Lyon
David Manners
Charles Craft
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Constance Bennett
Harriet Henry
Constance Bennett
Ben Lyon
David Manners
Don Alvarado
Merna Kennedy
Astrid Allwyn
Blanche Friderici
John Roche
Cornelius Keefe
Nella Walker



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