Tale of 19th century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
Society scion Newland Archer is engaged to May Welland, but his well-ordered life is upset when he meets May's unconventional cousin, the Countess Olenska. At first, Newland becomes a defender of the Countess, whose separation from her abusive husband makes her a social outcast in the restrictive high society of late-19th Century New York, but he finds in her a companion spirit and they fall in love.
Written by Marg Baskin <marg@asd.raytheon.ca>
Audio/visual unsynchronized:
When the grandmother tells Newland and May that a marble likeness of her hands was sculpted by a famous artist, you hear her say the name of the artist, but her lips look as though they've said something completely different.
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"Tales From The Vienna Woods"
Written by Johann Strauß Performed by The London Philharmonie Courtesy of Collins Classics by arrangement with Allegro
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