An Adventuress ( 1920 )

Overview

Filmed by Fred J. Balshofer in 1918 as the anti-German war drama Over the Rhine, the project was reshaped and released in 1920 as An Adventuress—a cross-dressing caper set in the fictional republic of Alpania and headlined by female-impersonation star Julian Eltinge, with early appearances by Rudolph Valentino and Virginia Rappe. The film was later re-edited and reissued in 1922 as The Isle of Love.

Top Cast

Julian Eltinge

Clifford Townsend / Julie

Frederick Ko Vert

Lyn Brook

William Clifford

Dick Sayre

Leo White

Prince Halbere

Virginia Rappe

Vanette

Rudolph Valentino

Jacques Rudanyi

Stanton Heck

Grand Duke Nebo

Charles Millsfield

Pom Pom

Alma Francis

Eunice

Lydia Knott

Clifford Townsend's mother

Fontaine La Rue

Frank Gastrock

William Pearson

Frederick Heck