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- Synopsis
- Feature film. David Garnet, a tin magnate, dies leaving his fortune to his wastral son on the condition that he settles down within two years. The son, King Garnet, becomes a tramp and so the business passes to William, another son by a secret marriage. Both sons fall in love with the factory’s forewoman, Ann, who has ambitions to be an opera singer. Includes a brief scene from Romeo and Juliet (the balcony scene) with Rod La Rocque and Victor Varconi who play Romeo to win her hand.
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Silent
- Year of release
- 1924
- Recording date
- 27 Apr 1924
- Duration
- c88; c8,000 feet
- Availability
- Presumed a lost film.
Credits
- Director
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Producer
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Cinematographer
- Bert Glennon
- Screenplay
- Jeanie Macpherson
- Cast
Victor Varconi William Silver (Romeo) Leatrice Joy Ann Land (Juliet) George Fawcett David Garnett
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Historical period
- Renaissance Italy
- Plays
- Romeo and Juliet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- General
- Adapted from the novel by Mary Edginton.
- Stills
- A still, held by the Museum of Modern Art, of Leatrice Joy and Victor Varconi in the balcony scene is reproduced in Ball (no. 51).
- Reviews
- Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968 (p270, 374).
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