A Society Scandal

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A Society Scandal
A Society Scandal poster.jpg
Film long poster
Directed byAllan Dwan
Written byForrest Halsey
Based onThe Laughing Lady
by Alfred Sutro
StarringGloria Swanson
Rod La Rocque
CinematographyHarold Rosson
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • March 9, 1924 (1924-03-09)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

A Society Scandal is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Allan Dwan, and starring Gloria Swanson and Rod La Rocque. Distributed by Paramount Pictures, the film is based on a 1922 play The Laughing Lady, by Alfred Sutro which starred Ethel Barrymore in 1923 on Broadway and originally in 1922 with Edith Evans in UK.[1][2][3][4][5]

Paramount refilmed the story in 1929 as The Laughing Lady an early talkie for Ruth Chatterton.

Cast[]

  • Gloria Swanson as Marjorie Colbert
  • Rod La Rocque as Daniel Farr
  • Ricardo Cortez as Harrison Peters
  • Allan Simpson as Hector Colbert
  • Ida Waterman as Mrs. Maturin Colbert
  • Thelma Converse as Mrs. Hamilton Pennfield
  • Catherine Coleburn as Friend of Marjorie
  • Catherine Proctor as Mrs. Burr
  • Wilfred Donovan as Hamilton Pennfield
  • Yvonne Hughes as Patricia DeVoe
  • Marie Shelton as Friend of Marjorie
  • Dorothy Stokes as Friend of Marjorie
  • Cornelius Keefe as Friend of Marjorie
  • Fraser Coalter as Schuyler Burr

Preservation[]

With no copies of A Society Scandal located in any film archives,[6] it is a lost film.

References[]

  1. ^ Hudson, Richard M.; Lee, Raymond (1970). Gloria Swanson. A. S. Barnes. p. 166.
  2. ^ Swanson, Gloria (1981). Swanson On Swanson. Pocket Books. p. 220. ISBN 0-671-43354-7.
  3. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: A Society Scandal
  4. ^ 'Progressive Silent Film List: 'A Society Scandal at silentera.com
  5. ^ The Laughing Lady as produced on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre February 1923 to May 1923, 96 performances; IBDb.com
  6. ^ Swanson, Gloria (1924), A Society Scandal, retrieved May 25, 2021

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