One Night in Rome is a 1924 American silent drama film starring Laurette Taylor. The film was directed by Clarence G. Badger and written by J. Hartley Manners, Taylor's husband, and based upon his play of the same name. Laurette Taylor was a great name of the American theatre, who made only three films in a triumph-studded career, all of them derived from plays by her husband.[1] This was the last of those three films (the previous two had been done by Metro Pictures). Taylor seems to have enjoyed making One Night in Rome as she kept a personal print of the movie to always show guests at her home, re-running it over and over again.[2]
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| Directed by | Clarence G. Badger |
| Written by | J. Hartley Manners |
| Based on | One Night in Rome by J. Hartley Manners |
| Produced by | Metro Goldwyn |
| Starring | Laurette Taylor Warner Oland Alan Hale Tom Moore |
| Cinematography | Rudolph J. Bergquist |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot edit
Madame L'Enigme is a fortune-teller whose client Mario recognises her as a woman who disappeared in a cloud of scandal after her husband's suicide.
Cast edit
- Laurette Taylor as Duchess Mareno / Madame L'Enigme
- Tom Moore as Richard Oak
- Alan Hale as Duke Mareno
- William Humphrey as George Milburne
- Joseph J. Dowling as Prince Danieli
- Miss DuPont as Zephyer Redlynch
- Warner Oland as Mario Dorando
- Brandon Hurst as Count Beetholde
- Edna Tichenor as Italian Maid
- Ralph Yearsley as Gardner
Preservation edit
A print of One Night in Rome survives in the Gosfilmofond archive in Moscow.[3][4]
Citations edit
- ^ Eames, John Douglas (1981). The MGM Story, p. 13.
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: One Night in Rome at silentera.com. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- ^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: One Night in Rome
- ^ One Night in Rome at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted(Wayback Machine). Retrieved July 21, 2018
External links edit
- One Night in Rome at IMDb
- One Night in Rome at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted (Wayback Machine)
- Portraits from the production:#1,..#2,..#3,..#4,..#5,..#6 (archived)
