Fair Lady (film)

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Fair Lady

Movie poster
Directed by Kenneth Webb
Produced by Whitman Bennett
Written by Rex Beach (novel)
Dorothy Farnum (scenario)
Starring Betty Blythe
Thurston Hall
Robert Elliott
Cinematography Harry Stradling
Edward Paul
Distributed by United Artists
Release dates March 19, 1922
Running time 70 minutes, 7 reels (6,400 feet)
Country United States
Language Silent
English intertitles

Fair Lady is a 1922 silent film directed by Kenneth Webb. The film stars Betty Blythe, Thurston Hall and Robert Elliott. The film was based on the novel The Net by Rex Beach. The film was rereleased in Finland in 1924 and Portugal as O Selo de Cardi in 1927. The film's survival status is unknown.

Plot

In Sicily, Count Martinello is assassinated by Cardi and his mafia group on what would have been his wedding day. His bride to be, Countess Margherita, gets word of this from American Norvin Blake, who fails to protect her from Cardi, who wants her for his own. Later, Margherita and Norvin meet in New Orleans, where he declares his love for her.

Recognizing Gian Norcone as the group leader that killed the count, Norvin has him arrested after getting into a fight with him. Caesar Maruffi, a supposed friend and admirer who suits Margherita, is discovered to be Cardi. In the middle of a fight between Cardi and Norvin, Cardi is stabbed by Lucrezia, Margherita's maid. In the end, Norvin finally wins Margherita.[1][2]

Cast

On location in New Orleans: Kenneth Webb, (director, center), Betty Blythe, Robert Elliot, (extreme right)

References

  1. ↑ Film Fun, May 1922, Vol. 35, No. 397, p.51
  2. ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1961-1970. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. p. 323. ISBN 0-520-20970-2

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