Gloria Swanson in the role she was made for! "Zaza," queen of the gay French music balls; a creature of whirlwind emotions, savage loves and hates- a veritable wildcat. And how she plays it!
Zaza is an actress and the favorite at an open-air theater in a small French town. When diplomat Bernard Dufresne comes to the village, he stays away for fear he will fall for her. But during one performance, while Zaza is singing on a swing, her rival cuts the rope and she falls. Zaza is badly injured and she makes Dufresne's acquaintance. A romance quickly springs up and he installs her in a villa. Their happiness is marred, however, when his wife appears.
- 6.0
- 1923
- Released
- 1h 24m
Gloria Swanson
Zaza
H.B. Warner
Bernard Dufresne
Ferdinand Gottschalk
Duke de Brissac
Lucille La Verne
Aunt Rosa
Mary Thurman
Florianne
Yvonne Hughes
Nathalie
Riley Hatch
Rigault
L. Rogers Lytton
Stage Manager
Ivan Linow
Apache
Florence Fair
Madame Dufresne
Helen Mack
Lucille DufresneReleased
en
- #paris, france
- #romantic rivalry
- #music hall
Reviews
You really have to hand it to Gloria Swanson in this - she goes at it full tilt! "Zaza" is a music hall girl. A bit rough round the edges, but she's a decent sort of soul who falls for the womanising "Dufresne" (H.B. Warner) only to discover he is a true cad... The story is pretty predictable, but the journey is a hell of a ride - we even have a cracking cat fight between her and her rival "Floria