''The Notorious Mrs. Sands'' is a 1920 American silent

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directed by

Christy Cabanne William Christy Cabanne (April 16, 1888 – October 15, 1950) was an American film director, screenwriter, and silent film actor. Biography Born in 1888 in St. Louis, Missouri, Cabanne (pronounced CAB-a-nay) was educated at the Culver Military ...

and produced by and starring

Bessie Barriscale Bessie Barriscale (born Elizabeth Mary Barriscale; June 9, 1884 – June 30, 1965) was an American actress who gained fame on the stage and in silent films. Early life Barriscale was born in New York City to Samuel Barriscale, an England-born ...

Plot

As described in a

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, Mary Ware (Barriscale) and Ronald Cliffe (Stanley) become engaged. While planning their wedding, Mary discovers that her mother is indebted to Grey Sands (Myers), who desires her hand in marriage. Feeling that her duty is to her mother, although despising Grey, Mary breaks her engagement and consents to wed the capitalist with the understanding that affection will not enter into the marriage contract. Being a loveless marriage, she is constantly ill-treated with mean tricks by her husband, who vows that he will make her love him, although he has intimate relations with another woman. He succeeds in partially compromising her with her former sweetheart, and Mary becomes known as the notorious Mrs. Sands. After succeeding in this depraved scheme, he divorces her, and Mary returns to the man she originally loved.

Cast

as Mary Ware *

Forrest Stanley Forrest Stanley (August 21, 1889 – August 27, 1969) was an American actor and screenplay writer best known for his work in silent film. He is particularly known for his role as Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Charles Brandon in the histo ...

as Ronald Cliffe *

Dorothy Cumming Dorothy Greville Cumming (12 April 1894 – 10 December 1983) was an Australian-born actress of the silent film era. She appeared in 39 American, English, and Australian films between 1915 and 1929, notably appearing as the Virgin Mary in Ce ...

as Dulcie Charteris *

Harry Myers Harry C. Myers (September 5, 1882 – December 25, 1938) was an American film actor and director, sometimes credited as Henry Myers. He performed in many short comedy films with his wife Rosemary Theby. Myers appeared in 330 films between 1908 ...

as Grey Sands (credited as Harry Meyers) * Ben Alexander as Child

Preservation

With no prints of ''The Notorious Mrs. Sands'' located in any film archives, it is considered a

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. In October of 2019, the film was cited by the

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on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.

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* 1920 films American silent feature films Lost American drama films Films directed by Christy Cabanne American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1920 drama films Film Booking Offices of America films 1920 lost films English-language drama films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films Lost silent American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub