Scarlet Saint

1925 film

  • November 8, 1925 (1925-11-08)
Running time
70 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Scarlet Saint, also known as The Scarlet Sinner,[1] is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, and Frank Morgan.[2][3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Milton Menasco.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[4] a young woman who as a girl was betrothed to an Austrian baron decides on the eve of the wedding that she cannot marry the titled man because she is in love with a young American. The baron tricks the other man into a duel and forces the woman into marriage to save the younger man from a long term in jail. After a long period of struggle to retain his wife, the baron at length releases her and wishes her happiness with the American.

Cast

  • Mary Astor as Fidele Tridon
  • Lloyd Hughes as Philip Collett
  • Frank Morgan as Baron Badeau
  • Jed Prouty as Mr. Tridon
  • John Raymond as Josef
  • George Neville as The Trainer
  • Frances Miller as Cynthia
  • Wes Jenkins as Butler

Preservation

With no prints of Scarlet Saint located in any film archives,[5] it is a lost film.

References

  1. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Scarlet Sinner
  2. ^ Lowe p.1849
  3. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Scarlet Saint at silentera.com
  4. ^ "New Pictures: The Scarlet Saint", Exhibitors Herald, 23 (9), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 58, November 21, 1925, retrieved November 9, 2022 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Scarlet Saint

Bibliography

  • Lowe, Denise. An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930. Routledge, 2014.

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