The Marriage Ring
{{short description|1918 film}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Marriage Ring
| image = The Marriage Ring (1918) lobby card.jpg
| caption = Lobby card
| director = Fred Niblo
| producer = Thomas H. Ince
| writer = John Lynch (story)
R. Cecil Smith (scenario)
| starring = Enid Bennett
Jack Holt
| cinematography = John Stumar
| studio = Thomas H. Ince Corporation
| distributor = Famous Players–Lasky
Paramount Pictures
| released = {{film date|1918|8|26}}
| runtime = 5 reels
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
The Marriage Ring is a lost[http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.7404/default.html American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Marriage Ring] 1918 American silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo.{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/101710/Marriage-Ring/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520041630/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/101710/Marriage-Ring/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 20, 2011 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide |author=Janiss Garza |date=2011 |title=New York Times: The Marriage Ring |accessdate=June 6, 2008}}
Cast
- Enid Bennett as Anne Mertons
- Jack Holt as Rodney Heathe
- Robert McKim as Hugo Mertons
- Maude George as Aho
- Charles K. French as Koske
- Lydia Knott as Mrs. Heathe
- John Cossar as James Ward
Reception
Variety gave a positive review, praising the cast and "atmospheric environment."{{Cite book |last= |url=https://archive.org/details/variety52-1918-9/page/n95/mode/2up |title=Variety |date= |publisher=Variety Publishing Co. |others= |location=New York City |publication-date=September 27, 1918 |pages=42 |language=en}}
Censorship
Like many American films of the time, The Marriage Ring was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required cuts, in Reel 4, of the intertitle "Keep your kisses for your American lover; I have better here", three scenes of man embracing young native woman, all scenes of young woman dancing before men in tent, scene of man cutting telephone wires, and three scenes of man setting grass on fire with torch.{{cite journal |title=Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=7 |issue=14 |page=35 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=New York City |date=September 28, 1918 |url=https://archive.org/stream/exhibitorsherald07exhi_0#page/n42/mode/1up}} {{Source-attribution}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0009354|title=The Marriage Ring}}
{{Fred Niblo}}
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Category:American silent feature films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Fred Niblo
Category:Silent American drama films
Category:Lost American drama films