Paris at Midnight
{{short description|1926 film by E. Mason Hopper}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Paris at Midnight
| image = Paris at Midnight advertisement in The Film Daily, Jan-Jun 1926 (page 1232 crop).jpg
| caption =
| director = E. Mason Hopper
E. J. Babille (assistant)
| producer = Metropolitan Pictures Corporation of California
| writer = Frances Marion (adaptation)
| based_on = {{basedon|Le Père Goriot|Honoré de Balzac}}
| starring = Jetta Goudal
Lionel Barrymore
| cinematography = Norbert Brodine
| editing =
| distributor = Producers Distributing Corporation (PDC)
| released = {{Film date|1926|4|18}}
| runtime = 70 minutes; 7 reels
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
Paris at Midnight is a 1926 American silent drama film starring Jetta Goudal and Lionel Barrymore and was directed by E. Mason Hopper. It was distributed by Producers Distributing Corporation.The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971 It was based on the novel Le Père Goriot by Honoré de Balzac.{{cite web |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/500698/paris-at-midnight#overview| accessdate=29 August 2021|title=Paris at Midnight | website=Turner Classic Movies }}
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,{{cite journal |last= |first= |title=New Pictures: Paris at Midnight |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=25 |issue=3 |pages=52 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Co. |date=3 April 1926 |location=Chicago |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald25unse/page/365/mode/1up |accessdate=1 May 2023}} {{Source-attribution}} Eugene de Rastagnic, an impoverished artist loves Victorine Tallefer, an abandoned girl who stays at the same boarding house in Paris, but because of a lack of money turns away from her. They comfort Frederic Tallefer, an old man who also boards at the same place, and who gives all of his money to his two daughters who live in comfort. Eugene meets Delphine, one of the man's libertine daughters, and becomes infatuated with her. Vautrin, a man of mystery at the boarding house, makes the abandoned girl’s father, who hates her because her mother deserted him, take her back. Several interesting incidents occur because of the actions of Vautrin, who seems to find ways to resolve the problems of the boarding house residents. The artist Eugene finally realizes that he loves Victorine and they are reunited.
Cast
- Jetta Goudal as Delphine
- Lionel Barrymore as Vautrin
- Mary Brian as Victorine Tallefer
- Edmund Burns as Eugene de Rastagnic
- Émile Chautard as Pere Goriot
- Brandon Hurst as Count Tarrefer
- Jocelyn Lee as Anastasie
- Mathilde Comont as Madame Vauquer
- Carrie Daumery as Madmoiselle Miche
- Fannie Yantis as Julie
- Jean De Briac as Frederic Tallefer
- Charles Requa as Maxime de Trailers
- Marion Morgan Dancers
Preservation
A print of Paris at Midnight is preserved at the Cinémathèque Française, Paris.[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.493/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Paris at Midnight]
See also
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb title|0017252}}
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Category:American silent feature films
Category:Films based on Père Goriot
Category:Films directed by E. Mason Hopper
Category:Silent American drama films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Producers Distributing Corporation films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:English-language drama films
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