The Branding Iron

The Branding Iron
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Directed by	Reginald Barker
Written by	J. G. Hawks
Based on	The Branding Iron by Katharine Newlin Burt
Produced by	Samuel Goldwyn Reginald Barker
Starring	Barbara Castleton James Kirkwood
Cinematography	Percy Hilburn (*French)
Edited by	J. G. Hawks
Distributed by	Goldwyn Pictures
Release date	November 1920 (1920-11)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Branding Iron is a lost^[1] 1920 American silent Western film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Barbara Castleton and James Kirkwood. It was produced by Barker and Samuel Goldwyn and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures.^[2][3]

Castleton appeared nude in the film which caused the particular scene to be cut in some parts of the country. Some municipalities banned the film altogether due to the topic of infidelity.

Though lost, its scenario is similar to another Barker film of 1920, Godless Men which does survive.

Cast[]

• Barbara Castleton as Joan Carver
• James Kirkwood as Pierre Landis
• Russell Simpson as John Carver
• Richard Tucker as Prosper Gael
• Sidney Ainsworth as Jasper Morena
• Gertrude Astor as Betty Morena
• Alan Roscoe as Reverend Frank Holliwell (credited as Albert Roscoe)
• Marion Colvin as Mrs. Upper
• Joan Standing as Maude Upper
• Louie Cheung as Wen Ho

See also[]

• Godless Men (1920)
• Gertrude Astor filmography

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Branding Iron.

• The Branding Iron at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie
• Stills at silenthollywood.com
• Burt, Katharine Newlin (1919), The Branding Iron, New York: Grosset & Dunlap

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