Let Not Man Put Asunder
{{short description|1924 film}}
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{{infobox film
| name = Let Not Man Put Asunder
| image = Let Not Man Put Asunder (1924, lobby card).jpg
| caption =
| director = J. Stuart Blackton
| producer = J. Stuart Blackton
| writer = Charles Gaskill (scenario)
| based_on = {{based on|Let Not Man Put Asunder|Basil King}}
| starring = Pauline Frederick
Lou Tellegen
| music =
| cinematography =
| studio = Vitagraph Company of America
| distributor = Vitagraph Company of America
| released = {{Film date|1924|02|}}
| runtime =
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
Let Not Man Put Asunder is a 1924 American silent drama film starring Pauline Frederick, produced and directed by J. Stuart Blackton, and distributed by Vitagraph, a company Blackton co-founded. The story is based on a 1902 novel of the same name by Basil King about divorce.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/L/LetNotManPutAsunder1924.html Progressive Silent Film List: Let Not Man Put Asunder] at silentera.com
Similarly, Let No Man Put Asunder, titled film was made in 1913 by the Essanay Company starring Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne.
Plot
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Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Pauline Frederick as Petrina Faneuil
- Lou Tellegen as Dick Lechmere
- Leslie Austin as Harry Vassall
- Helena D'Algy as Felicia De Proney
- Pauline Neff as Lady De Bohun
- Barbara Leonard as Polly De Bohun
- Maurice Costello as Sir Humphrey
- Martha Petelle as Mrs. Vassall
- Gladys Frazin as Gentian Tyrell
- Homer Lynn as Chaillot
- Clifton Webb as Major Bertie (uncredited)
}}
Costars Tellegen and Frazin both committed unrelated suicides after their respective serial divorces and career declines.Kenneth Anger, Hollywood Babylon II, Plume reprint, 1984, NY, p.233.
Preservation
With no prints of Let Not Man Put Asunder found in any film archive,{{cite web|url=http://www.stanford.edu/~gdegroat/PF/reviews/lnmpa.htm|title=Let Not Man Put Asunder (1924)|date=May 2, 2009|publisher=stanford.edu|accessdate=May 9, 2013}}[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.6851/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Let Not Man Put Asunder] it is a lost film.
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Let Not Man Put Asunder}}
- {{IMDb title|0015062}}
- [https://web.stanford.edu/~gdegroat/PF/reviews/lnmpa.htm Stills] at the Pauline Frederick website
{{J. Stuart Blackton}}
Category:Silent American drama films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films based on Canadian novels
Category:Films directed by J. Stuart Blackton
Category:Lost American drama films
Category:Vitagraph Studios films
Category:English-language drama films
Category:1920s English-language films
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