St. Elmo (1923 American film) explained

St. Elmo
Director:Jerome Storm
Starring:John Gilbert
Barbara La Marr
Bessie Love
Cinematography:Joseph H. August
Distributor:Fox Film Corporation
Runtime:60 minutes
Country:United States
Language:Silent (English intertitles)

St. Elmo is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Jerome Storm. Distributed by Fox Film Corporation, the film is based on the 1867 novel of the same name written by Augusta Jane Evans.[1] [2]

Plot

When St. Elmo Thornton catches his fiancée Agnes in the arms of his best friend Murray Hammond, he shoots Hammond and decides to travel around the world in hopes of forgetting women. Upon returning, he meets Edna, the blacksmith's daughter who is living with his minister. In the end, St. Elmo becomes a minister and marries Edna.

Production

During the filming of St. Elmo, John Gilbert and Barbara La Marr had an "intense sexual affair".[3]

A British adaptation of the same source material was made the same year.[4]

Preservation

With no prints of St. Elmo located in any film archives,[5] it is a lost film.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: St. Elmo (1923) . 2010-01-14. Turner Classic Movies.
  2. Web site: Progressive Silent Film List: St. Elmo. Silent Era. Bennett. Carl. 30 April 2010.
  3. Web site: The Legendary Barbara La Marr . 2010-01-14. Classic Images. https://web.archive.org/web/20041204155405/http://www.classicimages.com/1996/may/barblamarr.html. December 4, 2004.
  4. News: Review Summary . https://web.archive.org/web/20121026073312/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/111534/St-Elmo/overview . dead . 2012-10-26 . 2010-01-14. Hans J. . Movies & TV Dept. . . . 2012 . Wollstein.
  5. http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9501/default.html Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: St. Elmo