A Society Scandal
A Society Scandal | |
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Directed by | Allan Dwan |
Written by | Forrest Halsey |
Based on | The Laughing Lady by Alfred Sutro |
Starring | Gloria Swanson Rod La Rocque |
Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Country | United States |
Language | Silent (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[]
- ^ Hudson, Richard M.; Lee, Raymond (1970). Gloria Swanson. A. S. Barnes. p. 166.
- ^ Swanson, Gloria (1981). Swanson On Swanson. Pocket Books. p. 220. ISBN 0-671-43354-7.
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: A Society Scandal
- ^ 'Progressive Silent Film List: 'A Society Scandal at silentera.com
- ^ The Laughing Lady as produced on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre February 1923 to May 1923, 96 performances; IBDb.com
- ^ Swanson, Gloria (1924), A Society Scandal, retrieved May 25, 2021
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to A Society Scandal. |
- A Society Scandal at IMDb
- A Society Scandal at AllMovie
- Lobby poster
- Several posters
- Lobby card (archived)
Categories:
- 1924 films
- 1924 drama films
- American drama films
- American films
- American silent feature films
- American black-and-white films
- American films based on plays
- Lost American films
- Films directed by Allan Dwan
- Paramount Pictures films
- 1924 lost films
- Lost drama films
- 1920s silent drama film stubs