''The Untamed Lady'' is a 1926 American silent

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directed by Frank Tuttle, and starring

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and

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. The film was also the debut of

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who was a child actress at the time. The film was written by James Ashmore Creelman from an original story by

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, St. Clair Van Tassel, a wealthy orphan who as a child had her every wish granted, develops into a beautiful but extremely bad tempered young woman who is wooed by many and loved by at least one. She breaks engagements with three men, but meets a different type of man in the fourth. When she attempts to break her engagement with him, he holds her captive in a cabin. She escapes, and, in pursuing her, the man is hurt. She goes to the hospital to see him, and there she becomes aware that her love for him has overcome her blazing temper.

Cast

as St. Clair Van Tassel *

as Larry Gastlen * Joseph W. Smiley as Uncle George * Charles E. Graham as Shorty *

in an undetermined role *

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* Anita Louise

Preservation

With no prints of ''The Untamed Lady'' located in any film archives,The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''The Untamed Lady''
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* * 1926 films 1926 drama films Silent American drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Paramount Pictures films Famous Players-Lasky films Films directed by Frank Tuttle Lost American drama films Films based on works by Fannie Hurst 1926 lost films English-language drama films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub