Vignola, starring marion davies as an unsophisticated quaker who ventures to a seaside resort, meets a bohemian artist, and falls in love. Prudence is flirted with by snobbish henry garrison, who actually disdains the girl for her lack of worldliness and savoir faire. Beautys worth 1922 an artist forrest stanley wants to design some flattering clothes for a prim quaker woman marion davies. Watch beautys worth full movie in hd visit prudence cole is an unsophisticated quaker girl being raised by her two. Cast and crew credits for beautys worth, 1922, directed by robert g. Cute story naturally, but in no way one thats so intricate that it needs 112 minutes to get the point of superficial attraction across. Beautys worth and the brides play if these titles sound familiar, they were both initially released as backer rewards for successful kickstarter. Comprising 23 films made between 1922 and 1925, the austrian film museum has a complete set excluding number 12 which is sadly lost click here. In addition to showing the film, tcm will also show the documentary the making of a legend. Hearst hadnt yet begun spending the real big bucks to put davies in elaborate costume dramas the first, when knighthood was in flower, would be released later in 1922, and this romantic comedy.
As a followup to that talk, he has compiled this resource page in response to several. Edward lorusso is raising funds for beauty s worth 1922 on kickstarter. Marion davies january 3, 1897 september 22, 1961 was an american film actress, producer, screenwriter, and philanthropist. Silent film accompanist ben models schedule includes performances on piano and theatre organ, as well as orchestral performances of bens silent film scores. In 1922, wilfred wilf james thomas jane is a farmer living in hemingford home. Enchantment appears in a restored print courtesy of the library of congress. Beautys worth is a 1922 american romantic comedy drama film directed by robert g. I watched the film last week at loc, and tipped ed off. The first thought that popped into my head after watching marion davies silent beautys worth 1922 was, did such a simple romance need to be nearly 2 hours long. Feature films, shorts, silent films and trailers are available for viewing and downloading. Beauty s worth 1922 starring marion davies marion davies, forrest stanley, june elvidge actor format.
I must admit, show people is one of my favorite silent films along with. Marion davies net worth 2018, biowiki celebrity net worth. Read this faq about determining if something is pd. Watch beauty s worth full movie in hd visit movie 205275 prudence cole is an unsophisticated quaker girl being raised by her two. Previous undercrank releases of marion davies cosmopolitan productions films on dvd are beautys worth 1922 and the brides play 1922, both mastered from preserved library of congress prints.
Silent hall of fame has created a silent gems collection of rare and for the first time available films with our stars, as well as other silent. It is based on the novel the young diana by marie corelli. Our marion davies cup runneth over with two more titles making their dvd debut this week. Beautys worth 1922 beautys worth is a quasi cinderella tale, with marion davies as prudence cole, a young quaker wo. Although it wasnt acknowledged publicly for decades, newspaper magnate william randolph hearst and actress marion davies were quite an item during the silent era and beyond. Each of the detailed ratings you select will result in a cumulative score for this film. Beautys worth was just a cinderella tale with marion playing prudence cole, a plain quaker girl brought up by her aunts who feel that the twentieth century is like a book of satan prudences playboy cousin henry hallam cooley made an early career out of these lounge lizard type roles comes to visit and leaves behind a love struck girl. To buy, edit, and score this 1922 film starring marion davies and get it. In addition to the bluray release of when knighthood was in flower, undercrank productions is presenting two other 1922 marion davies vehicles. Ive read that april folly 1920 and adam and eva 1923 survive, but i havent heard much about them, and the latter may be incomplete. The complete film with final reel is long lost or at least not yet found. As described in a film magazine, prudence cole davies, a young quaker woman, has been raised by her two. Nice film, directed by robert vignola, who also directed davies in when knighthood was in flower the same year and which also costars forrest stanley.
Although the first few kinopravdas are shot in a similar style to the earlier kinonedelya series, vertov was already trying to establish a theme for each newsreel in contrast to the somewhat random. Davies was already building a solid reputation as a film comedienne when newspaper tycoon william randolph hearst, with whom she had begun a romantic relationship, took over management of her career. Of equal merit is the inclusion of the documentary in the official selection of the san jose international short film festival in october 2015. Prudence cole is an unsophisticated quaker girl being raised. List of paramount pictures films 19201929 wikipedia. This piece has no soundtrack so throw on your favorite classical piece as you watch and enjoy. Here is the list of films that we stream absolutely free without registration. Quakers on film pendle hill a quaker study, retreat. Released in may 1922, beautys worth features the same creative team, in particular the art director joseph urban, and some of the supporting cast that would be the nucleus of when knighthood was in flower in davies breakout hit released in the fall of that year. With marion davies, forrest stanley, june elvidge, truly shattuck. Speed looks fine at 24 fps and at 6,744 ft should have a trt of 75 mins at that fps. For our january 2, 2017 first monday lecture quakers in the movies, pendle hills own david butterworth revisited via animated discussion and rare film clips the almost two dozen films he watched while researching his book, celluloid friends.
Please see fullcolor, enlargeable images above for more details. Watch fulllength feature films, classic shorts, world culture documentaries, world war ii propaganda, movie trailers, and films created in just ten hours. Marion davies in beautys worth 1922 afi silver theater silver spring md theatre organ. Beauty s worth is a 1922 american romantic comedy drama film directed by robert g. Beautys worth 1922 on kickstarter this is from the patsy but it fits, dont you think. Marion davies kickstarter for beautys worth louise brooks society. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book. When henry and his friends try to embarrass her at a posh resort, prudence turns the. January 3, 1897 september 22, 1961 was an american film actress, producer, screenwriter, and philanthropist davies appeared in several broadway musicals and one film, runaway romany 1917, and then became the mistress of newspaper tycoon william randolph hearst. Marion cecilia davies born marion cecilia elizabeth brooklyn douras.
His work can be seen in surviving davies films like the restless sex 1920, enchantment 1921, the brides play 1922, beautys worth 1922, when knighthood was in flower 1922, little old new york 1923, yolanda 1924, janice meredith 1924, and zander the great 1925. Edward lorusso, who previously held fundraisers to release titles like enchantment and the brides play, has set his sights on beautys worth. Beautys worth is available on dvd in a restoration. To buy, edit, and score this 1922 film starring marion davies and get it back into circulation. Marion davies beautys worth 1922 homesoulm replied to drednms topic in silent. Since the movie was released in 1922 its in the public domain and there are copies. The picture is 7 reels, and the 35mm print is complete. That was several times the pay of a regular person.
Image quality is excellent and the cinematography and art direction is fantastic. Many of these videos are available for free download. Vignola, with marion davies, forrest stanley, june elvidge, at turner classic movies. Imdb and wikipedia both claim that the movie originally ran 112 minutes. View a list of all the feature films sorted by popularity. The first thought that popped into my head after watching marion davies silent beauty s worth 1922 was, did such a simple romance need to be nearly 2 hours long. Edward lorusso is raising funds for beautys worth 1922 on kickstarter. Marion davies august 29 hearts divided 1936 with dick powelloperator 1934 with gary cooperenchantment 1921 with forrest stanleythe brides play 1921 with jack obrienthe red mill 1926 with owen moorefive and ten 1931 with leslie howardpeg o. The movie is shown as part of silent sunday nights, hosted by jacqueline. An artist forrest stanley wants to design some flattering clothes for a prim quaker woman marion davies. These options are all featured in this diverse library. Language silent film, english intertitles beautys worth is part of our series other favorite films. Prudence cole is an unsophisticated quaker girl being raised by her two aunts. Beautys worth 1922 starring marion davies marion davies, forrest stanley, june elvidge actor format.
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