The Reckless Lady
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| Directed by | Howard Higgin |
| Written by | Sada Cowan |
| Based on | Philip Gibbs |
| Produced by | Robert Kane |
| Starring | Belle Bennett |
| Cinematography | Ernest Haller |
Production company | First National Pictures |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
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The Reckless Lady is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Howard Higgin and starring Belle Bennett, Lois Moran, James Kirkwood, and Lowell Sherman.[1]
Plot
[edit | edit source]As described in a film magazine review,[2] the attentions of Feodor, a Russian, to Mrs. Fleming results in her husband, Colonel Fleming, leaving her. The wife retains the child Sylvia. Years later Mrs. Fleming is gambling in Monte Carlo. Feodor reappears and makes love to Sylvia. The American Ralph Hillier was her other suiter. Mrs. Fleming attempts to commit suicide but is saved by Ralph and her husband. The Colonel pursues Feodor, who leaps over a cliff. The elder Fleming couple are reunited, and Sylvia accepts Ralph.
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Belle Bennett as Mrs. Fleming
- James Kirkwood as Colonel Fleming
- Lois Moran as Sylvia Fleming
- Lowell Sherman as Feodor
- Ben Lyon as Ralph Hillier
- Marcia Harris as Sophie
- Charles Murray as Gendarme
- Lucia Backus Seger as Fortune Teller
- Barbara Barondess as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Thomas Holding as Minor Role (uncredited)
Preservation
[edit | edit source]With no prints of The Reckless Lady located in any film archives,[3] it is a lost film.[4]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: The Reckless Lady
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- ^ The Reckless Lady at Arne Anderson's Lost Film Files:list of lost First National films - for 1926
External links
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- The Reckless Lady at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Lantern slides: slide #1, slide #2, fold out herald
- 1926 films
- American silent feature films
- Films directed by Howard Higgin
- First National Pictures films
- American black-and-white films
- English-language drama films
- 1926 drama films
- 1926 lost films
- 1920s American films
- 1920s English-language films
- Lost American silent drama films
- 1920s lost silent drama film stubs