You Never Know Women

1926

On her way to the theater, Vera, star of a Russian vaudeville troupe, is rescued from a falling girder by Eugene Foster, a wealthy broker who persists in his efforts to win the girl. Foster engages the troupe to perform at his home, and Vera, stunned by a fall, awakens to find Foster pleading his love, while Norodin, her magician partner who loves her, sees them embrace. Norodin, who performs an underwater stunt, asks Vera not to be present for his act and causes her to believe him dead; heartbroken, Vera tells Foster of her mistake; and enraged, he chases her through a darkened theater in an attempt to seize her. The magician appears, pins Foster to the wall with knives, and advises him to leave before the last blade is thrown. Vera and Norodin are thus happily reunited

This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from a 4K scan of a color-tinted 35mm nitrate positive and a 35mm safety negative held by the Paramount Pictures archive. The scan could have used image stabilization but is otherwise excellent. Dust and speckling are largely noneexistant but the source materials occasionally show signs of beginning nitrate decomposition.

The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on piano and synthesizer by Donald Sosin.

Supplemental material includes audio commentary by actor and biographer William Wellman Jr., and an insert booklet essay by film critic Gina Telaroli.