A Woman of Affairs

A Woman of Affairs is a 1928 drama film directed by Clarence Brown and starring Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Lewis Stone. The film, released with a synchronized score and sound effects, was based on a 1924 bestselling novel by Michael Arlen, The Green Hat, which he adapted as a fouract stage play in 1925. The Green Hat was considered so daring in the United States that the movie did not allow any associations with it and was renamed A Woman of Affairs, with the characters also renamed to mollify the censors. In particular the film script eliminated all references to heroin use, homosexuality and syphilis that were at the core of the tragedies involved.

Diana Merrick Greta Garbo, Neville John Gilbert and David Johnny Mack Brown were playmates as children, members of the rich British aristocracy. Diana and Neville are in love, but his father Hobart Bosworth opposes the match, disapproving the Merrick familys lifestyle. Neville is sent to Egypt for business purposes and to become wealthy.Diana, after waiting in vain for two years for Nevilles return, finally marries David, who is also in love with her and good friends with her brother Jeffry Douglas Fairbanks Jr.. During their honeymoon to Paris and after the arrival of police inspectors, David commits suicide without an explanation. Diana does not explain the reasons behind her husbands action. Jeffry, who was deeply connected to David, blames his sister for his friends death he falls deeper into alcohol as his sister starts a reckless life, seducing man after man. ........

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