Fern Andra is a trick horse rider in a German circus. Count Josef Peterhans and she fall in love and get married, but her free-spirited athleticism snobbery among her husband's friends soon cause problems. When Peterhans gets into a duel to defend his honor, he is imprisoned for six months. His mother and his old girl friend take this opportunity to set Fern packing.
It's an old story told in old-fashioned cinematic technique and, except for the circus scenes -- Germans were very fond of movies involving circus people -- this is a vehicle for Miss Andra to suffer in. She had been born in Illinois in 1893. Her entrance into show business was as a circus aerialist. While touring in Europe, she became a student of Max Reinhardt and soon went into the movies. With the outbreak of the First World War, she was suspected as a spy. She allayed these fears by marrying her first husband, a German baron who was killed during the War; this gave her a fine cover to spy for the Allies.
Married a total of four times, Miss Andra eventually returned to the US, where she died in South Carolina in 1974.
It's an old story told in old-fashioned cinematic technique and, except for the circus scenes -- Germans were very fond of movies involving circus people -- this is a vehicle for Miss Andra to suffer in. She had been born in Illinois in 1893. Her entrance into show business was as a circus aerialist. While touring in Europe, she became a student of Max Reinhardt and soon went into the movies. With the outbreak of the First World War, she was suspected as a spy. She allayed these fears by marrying her first husband, a German baron who was killed during the War; this gave her a fine cover to spy for the Allies.
Married a total of four times, Miss Andra eventually returned to the US, where she died in South Carolina in 1974.
