A Viennese aspiring opera singer, Toni leaves her aunt and uncle's pretzel bakery to seek work in Budapest, only to discover that the stage show exploits its performers. After Rosa helps her escape Madame Bauer's scheme, Toni travels with her to Monte Carlo, where she falls in love with Richard and becomes the object of attention from both Richard and his uncle.
The protagonist who marries Arthur to reform him. After relocating to Paris, she discovers his affair with Toinette, accidentally takes poison instead of a headache tablet, faints, and eventually accepts a proposal from her friend Tom following Arthur's death.
Erminie Foster is a model by day and a short-story writer by night. She attends a reception to gather material, stays under Ernest Sanford's protection, and succeeds where he fails as a writer. After overhearing Monte Ralston's threat, she risks her reputation to recover Helen Reeves's letters, ultimately winning Ernest's love.
A New York society belle whose Alaskan property is threatened unless a railroad is built to her other holdings. She closes her town house and travels under an assumed name to work as a clerk at the North Star Mining Company store in Katalak. She encounters engineer Barney Hoyt, and helps destroy a dynamite-laden raft that threatens the bridge.
Raised by strict aunts in a small Louisiana town, Linda Lou loves David, who still sees her as a child. She marries Paul and moves with him to a bleak Canadian farm, then later marries David and returns with him to La Diable. After helping Paul during a prison escape, she explains that her concern was for the baby who died, not a continuing love for Paul.
Bobby is a spirited office girl who loves the shy, idealistic Rims Rosson. Encouraged by her sister Florrie, she maneuvers Rims into proposing before he leaves for South Africa, and they marry. After rent, bills, and bickering strain their life together, she leaves believing he would be better off without her, but they reunite when he returns as her suitor.
A young waitress accused of stealing 300 florins from the café where she worked, Riza admits she used the money to buy a dress in hopes of attracting Nicholas's attention. She declares her love to him, refuses money offered to make her leave, and accepts a seven-month sentence with dignity. Her love ultimately leads Nicholas to commit to marrying her after her release.
Fifi is a saleswoman whose ability impresses Hiram Bent, who opens a fashionable establishment and uses her beauty and capabilities to promote it. Now known as Mademoiselle Modiste, she is engaged to Etienne, but his disillusionment leads him to leave her. At Deauville, she claims Hiram is her husband before the truth is revealed; Etienne then proposes, and she accepts.
Corinne Griffith has 69 screen credits in a career dating back to 1916. Signature works include Single Wives, The Garden of Eden, Deadline at Eleven. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
