Their stations in life are too disparate, and her feelings for him are too fledgling to be love. But she never expects that Anthony will propose. After her husband’s death, he is quick to make her acquaintance, and they begin a friendship that is healing for Fleur. Her beauty, radiance, happiness, and affectionate nature beckoned to him then. That is when Sir Anthony Camwell offers her marriage.Īnthony has been in love with Fleur since the first time he saw her – the night before her life went to pieces.

She fears very much that she will be forced to become the wanton she is portrayed in the paintings in order to never be publicly called one. She has little money, and that won’t last long. Fleur is only just beginning to recover from the sad events of her life when the paintings’ owner comes forth and begins to blackmail her. The subject matter is quite sexual, and if the paintings were discovered, Fleur’s reputation would be completely sullied. But one evening everything goes wrong, and the two of them begin a downward spiral that will end in poverty, substance abuse, despair, and death.īefore Frederick died he sold several paintings of Fleur that were never meant for outside display. At one point their life together was picture book perfect, and they were considered the happiest couple in Paris. Her husband, Frederick Brooks, was a painter of some renown. This attempt works disaster for himself and the girl.Fleur Brooks is the painted lady. Under the pretense of affection for the girl he gains her confidence regarding her father's business affairs, and with the knowledge he has acquired, he attempts to rob the house. This is for a sinister purpose, however, for the stranger is a crook. However, a stranger appears at the festival who pretends to be attracted by the elder daughter, she, in turn, being surprised and flattered. To the mild reprimand of the elder daughter the younger exclaims, 'Well, you have to do it if you want to be attractive.' The strength of the assertion is proven at the church lawn festival, the younger sister being surrounded by a host of friends while the elder passes the time in almost absolute ostracism. The younger daughter is rather gay and frivolovis, though innocently so, and horrifies her elder sister when the latter catches her in the act of powdering and painting her face. The elder daughter has always been her father's favorite because of her strict adherence to his rigid precepts. The story as told by The Moving Picture News reads: The Painted Lady is a 1912 American short drama film directed by D.

The Painted Lady by Lucia Grahame