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Parisian actress Clare de Brion and her uncle, Count Cassibianca, are hounded by creditors. In order to escape them, Clare assumes the false identity of "The Little Duchess" and flees Paris for the coast. At the beach she attracts many admirers as a "belle in a bathing suit", but has her heart
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