
Sacred and Profane Love 1921
"A drama of life's master emotion-its daring, its pain, its ecstasy, its terrible power to drag down, its sacred power to glorify."
Overview
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.
Director: William Desmond Taylor
Cast

Elsie Ferguson
Carlotta Peel

Conrad Nagel
Emilie Diaz, a pianist

Thomas Holding
Frank Ispenlove

Helen Dunbar
Constance Peel

Winifred Greenwood
Mary Ispenlove
Raymond Blathwayt
Lord Francis Alcar

Clarissa Selwynne
Mrs. Sardis

Howard Gaye
Albert Vicary

Forrest Stanley
Samson

Jane Keckley
Rebecca