The Last Rose

The Last Rose

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The Last Rose

1915

0h 21m

7.0(1 votes)

Drama

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Carlotta Valondi, an Italian opera singer, is the idol of her friends. Angelo, also a singer, asks her to marry him, but she clearly shows that she is bored with him. He rents a house in the country, next to the rectory where the young minister, John Converse, and his old maid sister, Matilda, live. John meets Carlotta and they become friends.

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Lottie Briscoe

Carlotta Valondi

Lottie Briscoe

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Arthur V. Johnson

John Converse

Arthur V. Johnson

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Eleanor Blanchard

Matilda Converse

Eleanor Blanchard

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Betty Brice

Marion

Betty Brice

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Howard M. Mitchell

Angelo

Howard M. Mitchell

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Frances Sanson

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