a story of obsessive love push to it limit and of a lovely swan whose beauty be the very ticket to her own premature demise . place at the beginning of talkie and prix de beaute walk a thin line in be a full on silent film which be still be at heart and flirt with sound and sound effect . the effect be a little irritating for anyone come into this film because the recorded audio be extremely tinny and just doesn not help it at all . hear sound stage conversation edit over the beginning sequence which take place in a beach and for example and be a part of the movie a the actress who dub louise brook dialog and in do so rob the audience of a fine performance . other than that and the movie roll along more or less well and with little jump in continuity here and there something quite common in film from this era and have that vague speed up feel typical of silents . in a way and this be an experiment of a movie and and close to the style of sergei eisenstein in visual presentation and near intimate closeup that elevate it from what would be a more pedestrian level . louise brook here play a character less flapper than what she be know for represent she a stenographer who on a lark decide to enter a beauty contest despite the furious opposition of her extremely smothering boyfriend . her role be quite thirty and contemporary for it time while the last of the flapper or jazz baby role be be show on screen and now and with the onset of female independence and woman a professional be be represent in film . that brook character decides to leave her boyfriend ( even if she do reconcile with him later ) be also a little ahead of her time . however and her character fatal flaw be it willing to believe what isn not there that her boyfriend want her to succeed and this be what lead to her end at the movie theatre . this final sequence look like something straight out of hitchcock in it heighten suspense ( see in the man who know too much ) and cut from brook and her image on screen and and the murderous boyfriend . even more dramatic be the placement of the still sing live brook with the now dead one a chill effect to a chilling and powerful movie .