Enticement
| Enticement | |
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| File:Enticement-Silver-Sheet-1924-FC.jpg The Silver Sheet, front cover (1924) | |
| Directed by | George Archainbaud |
| Screenplay by | Bradley King |
| Based on | Enticement by Clive Arden |
| Produced by | Thomas H. Ince |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Henry Sharp |
Production company | Thomas H. Ince Corporation |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Enticement is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Mary Astor, Clive Brook, and Ian Keith.[1][2]
Plot
[edit | edit source]As described in a review in a film magazine,[3] Leonore Bewlay (Astor), recently grown into womanhood, while in Switzerland meets a childhood friend, Richard Valyran (Keith), who has become an opera singer. When she is injured, she is shocked into a bewilderment of panic and flees when, as he undresses her to assist, he also kisses her. She marries Henry Wallis (Brook), a devout Englishman, but is disliked by his relatives. Val's wife names Leonore as a correspondent in her divorce suit and Henry loses faith in her. She goes to Val, who still loves her, but he refuses her when he learns that she still loves Henry. In order to free her from any notoriety, Val kills himself. Henry, awed by this sacrifice, takes Leonore back and they find happiness together.
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Mary Astor as Leonore Bewlay[4]
- Clive Brook as Henry Wallis[4]
- Ian Keith as Richard Valyran[4]
- Louise Dresser as Mrs. Samuel Murray[4]
- Edgar Norton as William Blake[4]
- Vera Lewis as Mrs. Blake[4]
- Lillian Langdon as Mrs. Edward Merley[4]
- Lorimer Johnston as Edward Merley[4]
- Maxine Elliott Hicks as Olive Merley[4]
- Fenwick Oliver as Mr. Kerry[4]
- Florence Wix as Mrs. Kerry[4]
- George Bunny as The bishop[4]
- Roland Bottomley as Bevington[4]
- Aileen Manning as The old maid[4]
Preservation
[edit | edit source]With no prints of Enticement located in any film archives,[5] it is a lost film.[6]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Enticement at silentera.com
- ^ Goble p. 13
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- ^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Catalog: Enticement
- ^ Enticement at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files:lost First National films - 1925
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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- Enticement at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Enticement at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1925 films
- 1925 drama films
- Films directed by George Archainbaud
- American silent feature films
- 1920s English-language films
- First National Pictures films
- American black-and-white films
- 1925 lost films
- English-language drama films
- 1920s American films
- Lost American silent drama films
- 1920s lost silent drama film stubs