Shadows of Paris
| Shadows of Paris | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Herbert Brenon |
| Written by | Frederick J. Jackson Eve Unsell |
| Based on | Mon Homme by Francis Carco and André Picard |
| Starring | Pola Negri Charles de Rochefort Huntley Gordon Adolphe Menjou |
| Cinematography | |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures (US) Sascha-Film (Austria) |
Release date | February 17, 1924 |
Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Shadows of Paris is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Pola Negri, Charles de Rochefort, and Huntley Gordon. The screenplay involves a young woman who rises from an apache dancer to become a wealthy woman in post-World War I Paris.[1] It was based on the play Mon Homme by Francis Carco and André Picard.
Lobby card
Cast[]
- Pola Negri as Claire, Queen of the Apaches
- Charles de Rochefort as Fernand, an Apache
- Huntley Gordon as Raoul Grammont, Minister of the Interior
- Adolphe Menjou as Georges de Croy, His Secretary
- Gareth Hughes as Emile Boule
- Vera Reynolds as Liane
- Rose Dione as Madame Boule, Café Owner
- Rosita Marstini as Madame Vali, A Poetess
- as Pierre, a Roué
- Maurice de Canonge as Robert, A Taxi Driver
- Frank Nelson as Le Bossu, the Hunchback
- George O'Brien as Louis
- Sam Appel as Monsieur Boule
Preservation[]
With no prints of Shadows of Paris located in any film archives,[2] it is a lost film. Only a minute of footage survives in the Paramount compilation short Fashions in Love (1936).[3]
References[]
- ^ Basinger p. 246.
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Shadows of Paris
- ^ Internet Movie Database; trivia Retrieved December 19, 2014
Bibliography[]
- Basinger, Jeanine. Silent Stars. Wesleyan University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-8195-6451-6
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- 1924 films
- 1924 drama films
- American films
- American drama films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Herbert Brenon
- American silent feature films
- Films set in Paris
- American films based on plays
- American black-and-white films
- Lost American films
- 1924 lost films
- Lost drama films
- 1920s silent drama film stubs