Three Women (1924)

An aging socialite (Pauline Ferderick) is more concerned with her social and romantic life than her daughter (May McAvoy) away at college. When the daughter returns home for a visit, the gigolo (Lew Cody) who has been romancing her mother sets his sights on the daughter. Based on the novel LILLIS EHE by Yolande Maree and directed by Ernst Lubitsch (TROUBLE IN PARADISE). His third American film sees the German expatriate once again turning his eye to the foibles of the rich. This isn't a romantic comedy however but a tragedy along the lines of MADAME X (which Pauline Frederick played four years earlier). It was a big hit at the box office but it isn't one of Lubtisch's most memorable movies. The title is a misnomer. The film is really about two women, the mother and daughter. The "third" woman, Marie Prevost as Cody's mistress, is barely in the movie. If you're a fan of silent cinema or a Lubitsch completist, this may prove satisfying to you. With Pierre Gendron and Mary Carr.