The Yellow Stain Explained

Director:John Dillon
Starring:John Gilbert
Claire Anderson
Cinematography:Don Short
Studio:Fox Film Corporation
Distributor:Fox Film Corporation
Runtime:5 reels
Country:United States
Language:Silent (English intertitles)

The Yellow Stain is a lost 1922 silent drama film released by Fox Film Corporation. The film stars John Gilbert and Claire Anderson. It is not known whether the film currently survives.[1] [2]

Plot

Donald Keith is a lawyer who has recently moved to a fictional logging community in Northern Michigan. He later learns that Quartus Hembly, the town boss, has illegally conned a man named Daniel Kersten out of his property, ruining him and turning him into the town drunkard. Keith decides to help Kersten take legal action against Hembly and bring him to justice. Keith eventually succeeds and also causes the town's residents to rise up against Hembly.[3] [4] [5]

Cast

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Progressive Silent Film List: The Yellow Stain . Silent Era . 3 November 2020.
  2. https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.10877/ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Yellow Stain
  3. News: "Yellow Stain" Is Liberty Film . 7 December 2020 . The Sacramento Star . 30 August 1922 . 5.
  4. Web site: The Yellow stain (1922) - Overview - TCM.com. 3 November 2020. tcm.com. en.
  5. News: At the White Way . 7 December 2020 . The Mansfield News . 141 . 6 August 1922 . 38.