Frozen Hearts (1923)

In the trembling Russian village of Popoffski a young woman Katherine Grant is wooed by a hopeful lover the son of a humble pool shark Stan right under the very nose of her father When the man proposes marriage to her the father is happy to let her go seeing as he has nine other children to worry about As the couple celebrate their love for one another they are approached by a military officer who threatens to take the woman away to use as a court dancer