Madame Jealousy
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{{Infobox film
| name = Madame Jealousy
| image = Madame Jealousy lobby card 4.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Lobby card
| director = Robert G. Vignola
| producer = Adolph Zukor
| screenplay = George V. Hobart
Eve Unsell
| starring = Pauline Frederick
Thomas Meighan
Frank Losee
Charles Wellesley
Isabel O'Madigan
Elsie MacLeod
| music =
| cinematography = Ned Van Buren
| editing =
| studio = Famous Players Film Company
| distributor = Paramount Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1918|2|4}}
| runtime = 50 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Madame Jealousy is a 1918 American silent allegorical drama film directed by Robert G. Vignola and written by George V. Hobart and Eve Unsell. The film stars Pauline Frederick, Thomas Meighan, Frank Losee, Charles Wellesley, Isabel O'Madigan, and Elsie MacLeod. The film was released on February 4, 1918, by Paramount Pictures.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/100833/Madame-Jealousy/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118133706/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/100833/Madame-Jealousy/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 November 2015|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide|author=Janiss Garza|date=2015|title=Madame-Jealousy - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com|accessdate=7 January 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/497066/madame-jealousy|title=Madame Jealousy (1918) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=7 January 2015}}
Plot
As described in a film magazine,{{cite journal |title=Reviews: Madame Jealousy |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=6 |issue=10 |page=[https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald06exhi/page/n32 25] |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=New York City |date=March 2, 1918 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald06exhi}} always ready to wreck the happiness of human beings, Jealousy (Frederick) selects Charm (MacLeod) and Valor (Meighan) as her two victims. She is almost successful at bringing about her desires, but the arrival of the child Happiness overcomes all disagreements. Jealousy awaits with interest her next victims.
Cast
- Pauline Frederick as Madame Jealousy
- Thomas Meighan as Valour
- Frank Losee as Finance
- Charles Wellesley as Commerce
- Isabel O'Madigan as Pride
- Elsie MacLeod as Charm
- Ina Rorke as Display
- Francesca Cappelano as Mischief
- Grace Barton as Sorrow
- Eddie Sturgis as Treachery (credited as Edwin Sturgis)
- Marcia Harris as Rumor
- J.K. Murray as Good Nature
Reception
L.J. Bourstein of Motography wrote: "Miss Frederick again is given opportunity to display her unusual dramatic capabilities and accomplishes another remarkable success [...] Excellent photography has considerable to do with this picture. Many of the numerous camera effects have been executed with precision and bespeaks of the capability of Ned Van Buren, the photographer. Robert Vignola directed and has turned out a very satisfactory and entertaining drama".{{cite web|title=Madame Jealousy|url=https://archive.org/details/motography19elec/page/324|work=Motography|date=February 16, 1918|pages=324|publisher=Electricity Magazine Corp.}}
Like many American films of the time, Madame Jealousy was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors required a cut, in Reel 4, of an intoxicated young woman rising from a table and staggering towards a man.{{cite journal |title=Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=6 |issue=10 |page=29 |date=March 2, 1918 |url=https://archive.org/stream/exhibitorsherald06exhi#page/n434/mode/1up}}
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb title|0009329|Madame Jealousy}}
- [http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-elsie-macleod-pauline-frederick-and-grace-barton-on-set-of-the-silent-69378872.html Still] at alamy.com
{{Robert G. Vignola}}
Category:1910s English-language films
Category:Silent American drama films
Category:Paramount Pictures films
Category:Films directed by Robert G. Vignola
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American silent feature films
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