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The film takes place aboard publisher William Randolph Hearst's yacht on a weekend cruise celebrating Ince's 42nd birthday in November 1924. Among those in attendance are Hearst's longtime companion and film actress Marion Davies, fellow actor [[Charlie Chaplin]], writer Elinor Glyn, columnist Louella Parsons and actress Margaret Livingston; the celebration, however, ends in an unusual death, which would go on to become subject of Hollywood folklore.
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* [[Based on a True Story]]/[[Dramatization]]: The movie sticks close to the known facts regarding the death of {{spoiler|Ince}} but, as no one knows what actually happened on the yacht, those parts are necessarily made up.
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* [[Based on a True Story]]/[[Dramatization]]: The movie sticks close to the known facts regarding the death of {{spoiler|Ince}} but, as no one knows what actually happened on the yacht, those parts are necessarily made up.
* [[Blackmail]]
* [[Costume Porn]]: The film makes good use of [[Gorgeous Period Dress|popular]] [[Nice Hat|1920s]] [[Little Black Dress|fashions]].
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* [[Intrepid Reporter]]: Lolly Parsons.
* [[Meaningful Funeral]]: The film opens with a funeral and builds the mystery surrounding such a strange death.
* [[Murder by Mistake]]: {{spoiler|Ince puts on ChaplainChaplin's hat and sits down to chat with Marion. Hearst shoots Ince in the back of the head, mistaking him for ChaplainChaplin.}}
* [[The Roaring Twenties]]: The film takes place during the height of the roaring 1920s.
* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]: At the end of the movie, Elinor Glyn narrates what became of the principal characters after the events of the film.
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