SILENT FILMS 1920s: BLACK OXEN (1923)
CREDITS
Released: December 29, 1923
Production Company: Frank Lloyd Productions
Featured Cast: Corinne Griffith, Conway Tearle, Tom Ricketts, Tom Guise, Clara Bow, Kate Lester, Harry Mestayer, Lincoln Stedman, Claire McDowell, Alan Hale, Clarissa Selwynne, Fred Gamble, Percy Williams, Otto Nelson, Eric Mayne, Otto Lederer, Carmelita Geraghty, Ione Atkinson, Mila Constantin, Hortense O’Brien, Wilhelm von Brincken
Director: Frank Lloyd
Producer: Frank Lloyd
Cinematographer: Norbert Brodine
Editor: Edward M. Roskam
Art Director: Stephen Goosson
Costume Designer: Walter J. Israel
Makeup: George Westmore
Title Illustrations: Neil E. McGuire
Titles: Walter Anthony
Writers: Gertrude Atherton (novel), Frank Lloyd, Mary O’Hara
STORY
A Manhattan playboy falls in love with a mysterious European woman, whom he notices as an exact double for a famous socialite who disappeared at the turn of the century. At first, he thinks it’s just pure coincidence, as the beautiful young woman he’s currently romancing is much younger than the woman who vanished years before, but soon, he begins to believe that maybe it’s not such a coincidence after all.
TECH
Runtime 1 hr 20 min (80 min)
55 min (DVD) (incomplete)
Sound Mix Silent
Color Black and White
Aspect Ratio 1.33 : 1
Film Length 2,419.2 m (8 reels) (USA)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm