Sinners in Silk
{{short description|1924 film by Hobart Henley}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Sinners in Silk
| image = Sinners in Silk (1924) - 1.jpg
| caption = Advertisement
| director = Hobart Henley
| producer =
| writer = Benjamin Glazer and Carey Wilson
| starring = Eleanor Boardman
Adolphe Menjou
Hedda Hopper
Conrad Nagel
Jean Hersholt
| cinematography = John Arnold
| editing =
| distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
| released = {{Film date|1924|09|01}}
| runtime = 60 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
| budget =
}}
Sinners in Silk is a 1924 silent romantic drama film directed by Hobart Henley. The film stars Eleanor Boardman, Adolphe Menjou, Hedda Hopper, Conrad Nagel, and Jean Hersholt. It was written by Benjamin Glazer and Carey Wilson.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SinnersInSilk1924.html Progressive Silent Film List: Sinners in Silk] at silentera.com[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=12158 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Sinners in Silk]
The film at some point may have been under the working title Free Love.Pictorial History of the Silent Screen by Daniel Blum, c.1953 (Blum refers to Sinners in Silk as Free Love (under a picture of Hedda Hopper) in his book)
Plot
Arthur Merrill is a roué who continues to celebrate his rejuvenation surgery by taking a girl home - but she turns out to be the sweetheart of his son.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Adolphe Menjou as Arthur Merrill
- Eleanor Boardman as Penelope Stevens
- Conrad Nagel as Brock Farley
- Jean Hersholt as Dr. Eustace
- Edward Connelly as Bates
- Jerome Patrick as Jerry Hall
- John Patrick as Bowers
- Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Stevens
- Miss DuPont as Ynez
- Virginia Lee Corbin as Flapper
- Bradley Ward as Ted
- Dorothy Dwan as Rita
- Frank Elliott as Sir Donald Ramsey
- Anna Luther as Mimi (credited as Anne Luther)
- Peggy Elinor as Estelle
- Eugenia Gilbert as Chérie (credited as Eugenie Gilbert)
- Mary Akin as Peggy
- Estelle Clark as Carmelita
}}
Preservation
With no copies of Sinners in Silk located in any film archives,[https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9227/ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Sinners in Silk] it is a lost film.[http://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?t=658&sid=51ffa9a401a4a12b52d4b9170f29d134 List of lost MGM films at Nitrateville]
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0015336}}
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Category:1924 romantic drama films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:English-language romantic drama films
Category:Films directed by Hobart Henley
Category:Lost American romantic drama films
Category:Lost silent American films
Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
Category:Silent American romantic drama films
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