Du Barry, Woman of Passion

Account of the milliner’s assistant who became the court favorite of King Louis XV. Norma Talmadge, Conrad Nagel, William Farnum, Alison Skipworth, Ulrich Haupt., This drama chronicles the rise of a famous Madame from casino hostess to king’s mistress. Her story begins as she is being fished from a pond by her future lover. Next she is seen as a hostess in the gambling house. She then becomes the King’s mistress.