Setting the standard for his later light-hearted biopics The Private Life of Henry VIII and Rembrandt, producer-director Alexander Korda steadfastly refuses to take any of The Private Life of Helen of Troy seriously. Maria Corda, wife of the director, plays the title character as a fetchingly underdressed coquette, oblivious to all the political turmoil she's causing when she allows the handsome Paris (Ricardo Cortez) to kidnap her. Meanwhile, poor King Menelaus (Lewis Stone), Helen's husband, stands by in stoic silence, just as he's done on previous occasions when his wife succumbed to the charms of various sexy suitors (one of whom is played by future cowboy star "Wild Bill" Elliot). Finally galvanized into action, Menelaus reclaims his bride, who seems none the worse for wear for her experiences.
Molly and Me
1929
0/10
One Enjoyed, the Other Paid
1913
0/10
The Callahans and the Murphys
1927
0/10
Only Once a Year
1914
0/10
Lina under Examination, or the Turbulent Corpse
1917
0/10
The American Venus
1926
0/10
Twin Beds
1929
0/10
Beggar on Horseback
1925
6/10
The Cook
1918
6.263/10
The Battle of the Century
1927
6.8/10
He Comes Up Smiling
1918
5.5/10
Satan Junior
1919
0/10
Learning to Love
1925
0/10
A Daughter of the Poor
1917
0/10
An Even Break
1917
7/10
What's Your Husband Doing?
1920
1/10
First Love
1921
0/10
Erotikon
1920
5.77/10
The Mechanical Man
1921
5.9/10
Alexander the Great
1917
5/10
