The Unpardonable Sin

The Unpardonable Sin
Blanche Sweet coming attraction shot
Directed by	Marshall Neilan Alfred E. Green (assistant director)
Produced by	Harry Garson Blanche Sweet
Written by	Kathryn Stuart (scenario)
Based on	The Unpardonable Sin by Rupert Hughes
Starring	Blanche Sweet Mary Alden
Cinematography	Tony Gaudio Henry Cronjager
Distributed by	World Pictures
Release dates	March 2, 1919 (1919-03-02)
Running time	9 reels (2,700 meters)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Unpardonable Sin is a 1919 American silent drama/propaganda film set during World War I. The film was produced by Harry Garson, directed by Marshall Neilan, and stars Neilan's wife Blanche Sweet whose portrays dual roles in the film. The Unpardonable Sin is based on the novel of the same name by Rupert Hughes.^[1] Its survival status is classified as unknown,^[1] suggesting that it is a lost film.

Plot

The film follows two American sisters: Alice and Dimny Parcot (Sweet in a dual role). Alice and their mother (Mary Alden) get stranded in Belgium when World War I breaks out. Both are raped by German soldiers and die. Dimny, who is still in the United States, is unaware of the fates of her sister and mother. She sets out to Belgium to find them.

Cast

Blanche Sweet - Alice Parcot/Dimny Parcot
Edwin Stevens - Stephen Parcot
Mary Alden - Mrs. Parcot
Matt Moore - Nol Windsor
Wesley Barry - George Washington Sticker
Wallace Beery - Colonel Klemm
Bull Montana - The Brute
Bobby Connelly - Boy Scout
Dick Curtis (uncredited)
John De Lacey (uncredited)

Release

Upon its release, the film was banned by the Kansas Board of Review due to its depiction of rape.^[2]

References

1 2 Progressive Silent Film List: The Unpardonable Sin at silentera.com
↑ Butters, Gerald R. (2007). Banned in Kansas: Motion Picture Censorship, 1915-1966. University of Missouri Press. p. 143. ISBN 0-826-26603-7.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Unpardonable Sin.

The Unpardonable Sin at the Internet Movie Database
The Unpardonable Sin at AllMovie

Films directed by Marshall Neilan

The Bottle Imp (1917)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917)
The Little Princess (1917)
Stella Maris (1918)
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1918)
M'Liss (1918)
Hit-The-Trail Holliday (1918)
Heart of the Wilds (1918)
Out of a Clear Sky (1918)
Three Men and a Girl (1919)
The Unpardonable Sin (1919)
Daddy-Long-Legs (1919)
In Old Kentucky (1919)
Dinty (1920)
Bits of Life (1921)
The Lotus Eater (1921)
Minnie (1922)
The Eternal Three (1923)
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924)
Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1924)
The Sporting Venus (1925)
The Great Love (1925)
The Skyrocket (1926)
Mike (1926)
Diplomacy (1926)
Everybody's Acting (1926)
Her Wild Oat (1927)
Take Me Home (1928)
Taxi 13 (1928)
Three-Ring Marriage (1928)
The Awful Truth (1929)
Tanned Legs (1929) (*uncredited)
The Vagabond Lover (1929)
Sweethearts on Parade (1930)
Forever Yours (1930)
Ex-Sweeties (1931) (*short)
Catch-As Catch-Can (1931) (*short)
War Mamas (1931) (*short)
Social Register (1934)
Chloe, Love Is Calling You (1934)
The Lemon Drop Kid (1934)
This Is the Life (1935)
Sing While You're Able (1937)
Swing It Professor (1937)
Thanks for Listening (1937)

Films directed by Alfred E. Green

Silk Husbands and Calico Wives (1920)
Through the Back Door (1921)
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921)
The Bachelor Daddy (1922)
Our Leading Citizen (1922)
The Ghost Breaker (1922)
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1922)
Back Home and Broke (1922)
The Ne'er-Do-Well (1923)
Woman-Proof (1923)
Pied Piper Malone (1924)
In Hollywood With Potash and Perlmutter (1924)
Inez from Hollywood (1924)
Sally (1925)
The Man Who Found Himself (1925)
The Girl from Montmartre (1926)
Irene (1926)
Ella Cinders (1926)
Disraeli (1929)
The Green Goddess (1930)
The Man From Blankley's (1930)
Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1930)
Old English (1930)
Men of the Sky (1931)
The Road to Singapore (1931)
Smart Money (1931)
Union Depot (1932)
It's Tough to Be Famous (1932)
The Rich Are Always With Us (1932)
The Dark Horse (1932)
Silver Dollar (1932)
Parachute Jumper (1933)
Baby Face (1933)
I Loved a Woman (1933)
Dark Hazard (1934)
Housewife (1934)
A Lost Lady (1934)
Gentlemen Are Born (1934)
Sweet Music (1935)
The Girl From 10th Avenue (1935)
The Goose and the Gander (1935)
Dangerous (1935)
Colleen (1936)
They Met in a Taxi (1936)
The Golden Arrow (1936)
Two in a Crowd (1936)
More Than a Secretary (1936)
The League of Frightened Men (1937)
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937)
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937)
Let's Get Married (1937)
Ride a Crooked Mile (1938)
The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939)
King of the Turf (1939)
20,000 Men a Year (1939)
Flowing Gold (1940)
Shooting High (1940)
South of Pago Pago (1940)
East of the River (1940)
The Mayor of 44th Street (1942)
Appointment in Berlin (1943)
Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944)
A Thousand and One Nights (1945)
The Jolson Story (1946)
The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)
Copacabana (1947)
Four Faces West (1948)
Cover Up (1949)
Sierra (1949)
The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
Two Gals and a Guy (1951)
Invasion U.S.A. (1952)
The Eddie Cantor Story (1953)
Paris Model (1953)
Top Banana (1954)

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