SILENT FILMS 1920s: ASHES OF VENGEANCE (1923)
CREDITS
Released: August 6, 1923
Production Company: Norma Talmadge Film Corporation
Featured Cast: Norma Talmadge, Conway Tearle, Wallace Beery, Josephine Crowell, Betty Francisco, Claire McDowell, Courtenay Foote, James Cooley, George Beranger, Boyd Irwin, Winter Hall, William Clifford, Murdock MacQuarrie, Carmen Phillips, Hector V. Sarno, Frank Leigh, Earl Schenck, Mary McAllister, Lucy Beaumont, Forrest Robinson, Kenneth Gibson, Rush Hughes, Howard Truesdale, Jeanne Carpenter
Director: Frank Lloyd
Producer: Norma Talmadge, Joseph M. Schenck
Cinematographer: Tony Gaudio
Assistant Cinematographer: Ray Binger
Costume Designer: Clare West
Property Master: William J. Reiter
Head Sculptor: Leon Tosi
Writers: H.B. Somerville (story), Frank Lloyd (adaptation)
STORY
When Empress Catherine of France launches an attack on French Protestants known as Huguenots, the Comte de la Roche saves the life of his enemy, the Huguenot Rupert de Vrieac, by making him an indentured servant in his castle. Rupert falls in love with Yolande, the count’s sister, and finds that his rival for the fair Yolande’s hand is none other than the despicable Duc de Tours, a notorious torturer of Huguenots.
TECH
Runtime 1 hr 51 min (111 min) (New York opening) (premiere)
1 hr 45 min (105 min) (DVD)
Sound Mix Silent
Color Black and White
Aspect Ratio 1.33 : 1
Film Length 3,015.4 m (10 reels) (USA)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm