In 1930, she made a version of The Spoilers in which she played the role later portrayed by similar-looking Marlene Dietrich in the 1942 remake, while Gary Cooper played the part subsequently acted in the later film by John Wayne, perhaps the only time that Cooper and Wayne played precisely the same role.
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:For the actress who married NYC Mayor Jimmy Walker, see Betty Compton.
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From 1924 to 1930 she was married to film director James Cruze.
The second version was released in 1922, also by Lasky, and starring Bert Lytell and Betty Compson.
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That is, if accused killer Nick Enright (Cy Kendall), and his moll, “Aggie” (Betty Compson), don’t put them permanently out of circulation first.
Williams played "Cherry Malotte" in the first movie based upon Rex Beach's 1906 novel The Spoilers in 1914, a role portrayed in subsequent versions by Betty Compson (1930), Marlene Dietrich (1942), and Anne Baxter (1955).