A Society Scandal

A Society Scandal is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Allan Dwan, and starring Gloria Swanson and Rod La Rocque. Distributed by Paramount Pictures, the film is based on a 1922 play The Laughing Lady, by Alfred Sutro which starred Ethel Barrymore in 1923 on Broadway and originally in 1922 with Edith Evans in UK.[1][2][3][4][5]

A Society Scandal
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Directed byAllan Dwan
Written byForrest Halsey
Based onThe Laughing Lady
by Alfred Sutro
StarringGloria Swanson
Rod La Rocque
CinematographyHarold Rosson
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • March 9, 1924 (1924-03-09)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Paramount refilmed the story in 1929 as The Laughing Lady an early talkie for Ruth Chatterton.

Cast

  • Gloria Swanson as Marjorie Colbert
  • Rod La Rocque as Daniel Farr
  • Ricardo Cortez as Harrison Peters
  • Allan Simpson as Hector Colbert
  • Ida Waterman as Mrs. Maturin Colbert
  • Thelma Converse as Mrs. Hamilton Pennfield
  • Catherine Coleburn as Friend of Marjorie
  • Catherine Proctor as Mrs. Burr
  • Wilfred Donovan as Hamilton Pennfield
  • Yvonne Hughes as Patricia DeVoe
  • Marie Shelton as Friend of Marjorie
  • Dorothy Stokes as Friend of Marjorie
  • Cornelius Keefe as Friend of Marjorie
  • Fraser Coalter as Schuyler Burr

Preservation

With no copies of A Society Scandal located in any film archives,[6] it is a lost film.

References

  1. Hudson, Richard M.; Lee, Raymond (1970). Gloria Swanson. A. S. Barnes. p. 166.
  2. Swanson, Gloria (1981). Swanson On Swanson. Pocket Books. p. 220. ISBN 0-671-43354-7.
  3. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: A Society Scandal
  4. 'Progressive Silent Film List: 'A Society Scandal at silentera.com
  5. The Laughing Lady as produced on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre February 1923 to May 1923, 96 performances; IBDb.com
  6. Swanson, Gloria (1924), A Society Scandal, retrieved May 25, 2021


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