''A Light Woman'' is a 1928 British silent

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directed by

Adrian Brunel Adrian Brunel (4 September 1892 – 18 February 1958) was an English film director and screenwriter. Brunel's directorial career started in the silent era, and reached its peak in the latter half of the 1920s. His surviving work from the 1920s, ...

and starring

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and

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''Dolores''. The screenplay concerns a flighty young woman who learns the error of her ways through a series of love affairs.

Cast

as Dolores de Vargas *

as Marquis de Vargas *

as Don Andrea * Betty Carter as Pauline * Donald Macardle as Ramiro * Lillian Christine as Isabel * Kitty Austin as La Frasquita * Dennis Ray as Enrique * Sidney Baron as Jose * Beaufoy Milton as Arturo

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

* 1928 films 1920s romance films British romance films British silent feature films Films directed by Adrian Brunel Gainsborough Pictures films British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films {{1920s-romance-film-stub