Even as Eve

Even as Eve is a 1920 silent film drama produced A. H. Fischer, Inc. and distributed by Associated First National Pictures. The producer was B. A. Rolfe and the director was Chester De Vonde with Arthur A. Cadwell and Conrad Wells (as A. Fried) as cinematographers. It was filmed at the former Thanhouser Company studios in New Rochelle, New York. Some exterior scenes were filmed in the New York Adirondack Mountains and on a Long Island estate. It was based on the short story The Shining Band by Robert W. Chambers included in his collection A Young Man in a Hurry and adapted by Charles Logue.

Plot

Eileen O'Hara lives with her father as members of a religious cult known as The Shining Band in a compound in the Adirondack Mountains. Her mother's infidelity years ago has left her father embittered. Peyster Sproul, as president of the Sagamore Club, tries to buy the O'Hara's land to become a Summer resort. Sproul is the man with whom Eileen's mother had the affair. Mr. O'Hara recognizes Sproul, they quarrel, and as a result Mr. O'Hara dies. Sproul then bribes Amasu Munn, the dishonest cult leader, to obtain an illegitimate claim on the property. Sproul tries to steal the deed from Eileen but is thwarted by young Dr. Lansing who has become enamored with Eileen. She then marries Dr. Lansing.

Cast

• Grace Darling - Eileen O'Hara
• Ramsey Wallace - Dr. Lansing
• E. J. Ratcliffe - Peyster Sproul
• Sally Crute - Agatha Sproul
• Marc McDermott - O'Hara
• Gustav von Seyffertitz - Amasu Munn
• John Goldsworthy - De Witt Courser
• John L. Shine - Colonel Hyssop
• Robert Paton Gibbs - Major Brent

References

• Miskatonic "Even As Eve"
• The Project Gutenberg Robert W. Chambers collection "A Young Man in a Hurry"

External links

• Even as Eve at the Internet Movie Database