Kildare of Storm
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{{infobox film
| name = Kildare of Storm
| image = Kildare of Storm (1918) - 1.jpg
| caption = Film's promotion in Exhibitors Herald
| director = Harry L. Franklin
P. Thad Volkman (ass't director)
| producer = Maxwell Karger
| writer = June Mathis
Jere F. Looney
| based_on = {{based on|Kildares of Storm|Eleanor Mercein Kelly}}
| starring = Emily Stevens
King Baggot
| music =
| cinematography = Arthur Martinelli
| editing =
| studio = Metro Pictures
| distributor = Metro Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1918|9|16}}
| runtime = 5 reels
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
Kildare of Storm is a lost{{cite web|url=http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.6673/default.html|title=Kildare Of Storm|date=20 October 2017|website=Memory.loc.gov|accessdate=20 October 2017}} 1918 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Metro Pictures and directed by Harry L. Franklin. It stars Broadway actress Emily Stevens.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/kildare-of-storm-v97694|title=Kildare of Storm (1918) - Harry L. Franklin - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie|accessdate=20 October 2017}} June Mathis and Jere F. Looney provided the scenario.
Plot
As described in a film magazine,{{cite journal |title=Reviews: Kildare of Storm |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=7 |issue=15 |page=33 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=New York City |date=October 5, 1918 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald07exhi_0}} Kate (Stevens), urged on by her ambitious mother (Lindroth), weds Basil Kildare (Baggot), the last of the famous Kildares of Kentucky, and goes to Storm, the family estate, to live. Her husband proves to be a beast, and Kate and Dr. Jacques Benoix (Kent), Basil's best friend, fall in love despite their mutual knowledge that they should not. When Basil is slain, Jacques is convicted of murder. He is pardoned after five years and devotes his life to curing the sick at a mountain sanitarium. Mahaly (Short), former housekeeper to the Kildares, comes to the sanitarium and confesses on her deathbed that it was she that slew Basil because he had wronged her. Exonerated before the world, Dr. Benoix feels justified in claiming his happiness with Kate.
Cast
- Emily Stevens as Kate Kildare
- King Baggot as Basil Kildare
- Crauford Kent as Dr. Jacques Benoix
- Florence Short as Mahaly
- Edwards Davis as Gov. Claiborne
- Helen Lindroth as Mrs. Leigh
- Maggie Breyer as Mrs. Benoix
- Fred Warren (Undetermined role) (credited as Fred H. Warren)
Reception
Like many American films of the time, Kildare of Storm was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required a cut, in Reel 1, two closeups of baby in crib to include the first kidnapping scene, and, Reel 4, two closeups of men fighting on the ground.{{cite journal |title=Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=7 |issue=18 |page=43 |date=October 26, 1918 |url=https://archive.org/stream/exhibitorsherald07exhi_0#page/n268/mode/1up}}
References
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External links
{{commons category|Kildare of Storm}}
- {{IMDb title|0009261}}
- {{TCMDb title|496446}}
- [https://archive.today/20130804060422/http://content.lib.washington.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/sayre&CISOPTR=13874&CISOBOX=1&REC=3 Still portrait from the film] (University of Washington, Sayre collection)
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Category:Lost American drama films
Category:Films based on American novels
Category:Silent American drama films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:Films directed by Harry L. Franklin
Category:1910s English-language films