Ashes of Vengeance (1923)

Directors

Frank Lloyd

Cast

Claire McDowell, Conway Tearle, Mary McAllister, Norma Talmadge, Wallace Beery

The story

At the ball celebrating the wedding of Henry of Navarre on August 23, 1572, the evil Queen Mother Catherine de' Medici persuades her son King Charles IX to sign a decree to exterminate the Huguenots. Meanwhile, at that same ball, the Comte de la Roche puts the moves on Margot de Vaincoire, fiancée of Rupert de Vrieac. The de la Roches and de Vrieacs have been enemies for years and Rupert challenges the Comte to a duel.

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