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Title: Madame Sans-Gene

Date: 1925

Distributor: Famous Players-Lasky

Director: Leonce Perret

Cast: Swanson, Emile Drain, Charles De Roche, Madelaine Guitty, Warwick Ward, Henry Favieres, Renee Heribelle, Suzanne Bianchetti, Denise Lorys, Jacques Marney.

Summary: Catherine Hubscher is a carefree young laundress in Paris. Among her customers are two young soldiers, Napoleon and Lefebvre. Napoleon becomes emperor and Lefebvre becomes the Duke of Danzig. Catherine marries Lefebvre but her common ways disturb the court. Napoleon orders the duke to divorce Catherine, but when she reminds him of his unpaid laundry bills, he relents.

Notes: The film was shot in France. Swanson was the only American in the cast. Director Perret was French, but he had studied filmmaking in New York before World War I. Two versions were shot, one for France and one for the United States.