Scarlet Saint
{{short description|1925 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Scarlet Saint
| image = Scarlet Saint poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = George Archainbaud
| producer = Earl Hudson
| writer = Eugene Clifford
Jack Jungmeyer
John W. Krafft
| narrator =
| starring = Mary Astor
Lloyd Hughes
Frank Morgan
| music =
| editing = Arthur Tavares
| cinematography = George J. Folsey
| studio = First National Pictures
| distributor = First National Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1925|11|08}}
| runtime = 70 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Scarlet Saint, also known as The Scarlet Sinner,[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=1660 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Scarlet Sinner] is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, and Frank Morgan.Lowe p.1849[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/ScarletSaint1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: Scarlet Saint] at silentera.com The film's sets were designed by the art director Milton Menasco.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,{{Citation |title=New Pictures: The Scarlet Saint |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=23 |issue=9 |pages=58 |date=21 November 1925 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=Chicago, Illinois |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald22unse/page/1005/mode/1up |access-date=9 November 2022}} {{Source-attribution}} a young woman who as a girl was betrothed to an Austrian baron decides on the eve of the wedding that she cannot marry the titled man because she is in love with a young American. The baron tricks the other man into a duel and forces the woman into marriage to save the younger man from a long term in jail. After a long period of struggle to retain his wife, the baron at length releases her and wishes her happiness with the American.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Mary Astor as Fidele Tridon
- Lloyd Hughes as Philip Collett
- Frank Morgan as Baron Badeau
- Jed Prouty as Mr. Tridon
- John Raymond as Josef
- George Neville as The Trainer
- Frances Miller as Cynthia
- Wes Jenkins as Butler
}}
Preservation
With no prints of Scarlet Saint located in any film archives,[https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8947/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Scarlet Saint] it is a lost film.
References
{{Reflist}}
Bibliography
- Lowe, Denise. An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930. Routledge, 2014.
External links
{{commons category|Scarlet Saint}}
- {{IMDb title|0016319}}
{{George Archainbaud}}
Category:Silent American drama films
Category:Films directed by George Archainbaud
Category:American silent feature films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:Lost American drama films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:English-language drama films
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