Queen o'Diamonds
{{short description|1926 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Queen o'Diamonds
| image = Queen o'Diamonds (1926) - 1.jpg
| caption = Still with Evelyn Brent and Theodore von Eltz
| director = Chester Withey
| producer =
| writer = Fred Myton
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Evelyn Brent|Elsa Lorimer|Phillips Smalley}}
| music =
| editing =
| cinematography = Roy H. Klaffki
| studio = Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation
| distributor = Film Booking Offices of America
| released = {{Film date|1926|01|24}}
| runtime = 60 min.
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Queen o'Diamonds is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Chester Withey and starring Evelyn Brent, Elsa Lorimer, and Phillips Smalley.Munden p. 625
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,{{Citation |last=Pardy |first=George T. |author-link= |title=Pre-Release Review of Features: Queen o'Diamonds |journal=Motion Picture News |volume=33 |issue=6 |pages=707 |date=6 February 1926 |publisher=Motion Picture News, Inc. |location=New York City, New York |url=https://archive.org/details/motionpic33moti/page/n726/mode/1up |access-date=5 February 2023}} {{Source-attribution}} chorus girl Jerry Lyon resembles Jeanette Durant, a Broadway star whose husband is an international crook. Jerry, in love with struggling playwright Daniel Hammon, is induced to pose as Jeanette. She becomes involved in a series of wild adventures in which she innocently comes into possession of some stolen diamonds. She meets Ramsey, a theatrical producer, who agrees to star Jerry in Daniel's play, after she has brought the police in time to arrest a gang of desperate criminals.
Cast
- Evelyn Brent as Jeanette Durant / Jerry Lyon
- Elsa Lorimer as Mrs. Ramsey
- Phillips Smalley as Mr. Ramsey
- William Bailey as LeRoy Phillips
- Theodore von Eltz as Daniel Hammon
- Edward Peil as Crook
References
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Bibliography
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
{{commons category|Queen o'Diamonds}}
- {{IMDb title|0017301}}
{{Chester Withey}}
Category:Silent American drama films
Category:Films directed by Chester Withey
Category:American silent feature films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:Film Booking Offices of America films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:English-language drama films
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