The Brazen Beauty Explained

The Brazen Beauty
Director:	Tod Browning
Starring:	Priscilla Dean Gertrude Astor
Cinematography:	Alfred Gosden
Distributor:	Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Runtime:	50 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

The Brazen Beauty is a 1918 American silent comedy film directed by Tod Browning. It is not known whether the film currently survives,^[1] which suggests that it may be a lost film.

Cast

• Priscilla Dean as Jacala Auehli
• Gertrude Astor as Mrs. Augusta Van Ruysdael
• Thurston Hall as Kenneth Hyde
• Katherine Griffith as Aunt Ellen
• Alice Wilson as Kate Dewey
• Leo White as Tony Dewey
• Hans Unterkircher as Bruce Edwards (credited as Thornton Church)
• Rex De Rosselli
• Edith Roberts as Undetermined Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

Reception

Like many American films of the time, The Brazen Beauty was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required, in Reel 4, cuts of two scenes and the flashing of three scenes of a young woman in a boat where her gown was considered indecently low.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Progressive Silent Film List: The Brazen Beauty . May 5, 2008. silentera.com.
2. Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors . Exhibitors Herald . 7 . 16 . 48 . Exhibitors Herald Company . New York City . October 12, 1918 .