The Cost (1920 film) explained

The Cost
Director:	Harley Knoles
Producer:	Adolph Zukor
Screenplay:	Clara Beranger David Graham Phillips
Starring:	Violet Heming Edwin Mordant Jane Jennings Ralph Kellard Edward Arnold Clifford Grey
Cinematography:	Philip Hatkin
Studio:	Artcraft Pictures Corporation Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
Distributor:	Paramount Pictures
Runtime:	ca 1 hour
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

The Cost is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Harley Knoles and written by Clara Beranger and David Graham Phillips. The film stars Violet Heming, Edwin Mordant, Jane Jennings, Ralph Kellard, Edward Arnold, and Clifford Grey.^{[1] [2]} The movie was based on a 1904-novel by David Graham Phillips.

Cast

• Violet Heming as Pauline Gardner
• Edwin Mordant as Colonel Gardner
• Jane Jennings as Mrs. Gardner
• Ralph Kellard as John Dumont
• Edward Arnold as Hampden Scarborough
• Clifford Grey as William Fanshaw Jr.
• Carlotta Monterey as Leonora Fanshaw
• Aileen Pringle as Olivia
• Warburton Gamble as Mowbray Langdon
• Florence McGuire as Suzanne
• Julia Hurley as Grandma

Preservation

With no prints of The Cost located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Cost. afi.com. January 21, 2015.
2. Web site: The Cost (1920) - Overview - TCM.com. Turner Classic Movies. January 21, 2015.
3. https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4434/ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Cost