The Cinema Murder (1919)
60 min
Aspiring actress Elizabeth Dalston, after rehearsing a murder scene for a movie, is fired by her director at the request of the company's Wall Street backer, Sylvanus Power. Although married, Power plans to make Elizabeth his mistress and offers the unsuspecting girl a dramatic education in England, to be followed by his building a theater for her. Traveling across England after school, Elizabeth witnesses a fight between two brothers, Philip and Douglas Romilly, which ends in Douglas' supposed death. On the steamer to America, Philip, disguised as Douglas, confides in Elizabeth that he was fighting to persuade Douglas not to leave his pregnant lover. Elizabeth believes him and in New York they fall in love. After she convinces Power to produce Philip's play, both the play and her acting are hits. When Power propositions Elizabeth and discovers her passion for Philip, he summons Scotland Yard detectives, but Douglas reappears and clears Philip. Power then graciously admits his defeat.
- Date de sortie
- 14 décembre 1919
- Pays d'origine
- États-Unis
Distribution
- Marion Davies dans le rôle de Elizabeth Dalston
- Peggy Parr dans le rôle de The Fiancée
- Eulalie Jensen dans le rôle de Mrs. Power
- Nigel Barrie dans le rôle de Philip Romilly
- W. Scott Moore dans le rôle de Douglas Romilly
- Anders Randolf dans le rôle de Sylvanus Power
- Reginald Barlow dans le rôle de Power's 'Man Friday'
Équipe technique
- George D. Baker · Réalisateur
- Frances Marion · Scénariste
- E. Phillips Oppenheim · Scénariste
- Harold Rosson · Directeur de la photographie