East Lynne (1925 film)

East Lynne
East Lynne
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Directed by	Emmett J. Flynn
Written by	Lenore Coffee (scenario); Emmett J. Flynn (scenario)
Based on	East Lynne; by Ellen Wood
Starring	Alma Rubens; Edmund Lowe; Lou Tellegen
Cinematography	Ernest G. Palmer
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	November 23, 1925;
Running time	9 reels (8,975 feet)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)
Box office	$1.1 million

East Lynne is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Emmett J. Flynn and starring Alma Rubens, Edmund Lowe, and Lou Tellegen. The film is based on the bestselling 1861 Victorian novel of the same name by Ellen Wood.^[1] The scenario was written by Lenore Coffee and the film's director, Emmett J. Flynn.^[2]

Distributed by Fox Film Corporation, the film was a hit for the studio grossing $1.1 million.^[3]

Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine,^[4] Carlyle (Lowe), a wealthy young Englishman buys a debt-ridden estate from Lord Mount-Severn (Mayne) and persuade his daughter, Lady Isabel (Rubens), to marry him though she loves the rascally Sir Francis (Tellegen). Years pass, and this pair are blessed with two little kiddies. A villager, the father of a wayward girl, is murdered and Richard (Fenton), the brother of Carlyle's former sweetheart Barbara (Daw), is accused. Barbara makes an appointment with Carlyle to ask his help. Lady Isabel, misunderstanding, leaves her kiddies and goes with Sir Francis, who ill-treats her and finally casts her off. Returning to England, she gets in a wreck and is reported dead. Carlyle eventually marries Barbara. Lady Isabel learns that her oldest child is ill and, posing as a nurse, goes to him and nurses him to health. Then she becomes ill and dies, happy in the thought she has saved her child's life and that Carlyle, who had recognized her, will keep her secret.

Cast

Alma Rubens as Lady Isabel
Edmund Lowe as Archibald Carlyle
Lou Tellegen as Sir Francis Levison
Belle Bennett as Afy Hallijohn
Marjorie Daw as Barbara Hare
Leslie Fenton as Richard Hare
Richard Headrick as Willie Carlyle
Frank Keenan as Justice Hare
Lydia Knott as Mrs. Hare
Virginia Marshall as Little Isabel
Eric Mayne as Earl of Mount-Severn
Martha Mattox as Cornelia Carlyle
Paul Panzer as Mr. Hallijohn
Harry Seymour as Mr. Dill
Gus Leonard as Violinist (uncredited)

Preservation

A complete print of East Lynne is located in the Museum of Modern Art collection.^[5]^[2]

References

^ Goble, Alan, ed. (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 508. ISBN 3-110-95194-0.
^ ^a ^b "East Lynne". silentera.com.
^ Soloman, Aubrey (2002). Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 8. ISBN 0-810-84244-0.
^ Smith, Sumner (November 7, 1925). "Through the Box Office Window: East Lynne". The Moving Picture World. 77 (1). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 58. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: East Lynne