Desc: The Private Life of Helen of Troy: Directed by Alexander Korda. With María Corda, Lewis Stone, Ricardo Cortez, George Fawcett. Queen Helen of Troy, in response to her husband Menelaus' lack of interest in her, elopes with Paris to Sparta. Menelaus, egged on by his henchman, starts a war with Paris, finally effecting the return of Helen. The time-honored custom demands that he have the pleasure of killing her, but her seductive loveliness restrains him.