SILENT FILMS 1920s: CHILDREN OF DIVORCE (1927)
CREDITS
Released: April 2, 1927
Production Company: Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Featured Cast: Clara Bow, Esther Ralston, Gary Cooper, Einar Hanson, Norman Trevor, Hedda Hopper, Edward Martindel, Julia Swayne Gordon, Tom Ricketts, Albert Gran, Iris Stuart, Margaret Campbell, Percy Williams, Joyce Coad, Yvonne Pelletier, Marion Feducha, Bill Elliott, Mary Louise Miller
Director: Frank Lloyd
Producer: E. Lloyd Sheldon
Associate Producer: B.P. Schulberg
Director (uncredited): Josef von Sternberg
Cinematographer: Norbert Brodine, Victor Milner
Editor: E. Lloyd Sheldon
Costume Designer (uncredited): Travis Banton
Presenter: Jesse L. Lasky, Adolph Zukor
Writers: Owen Johnson (novel), Adela Rogers St. Johns (story), Hope Loring (screenplay0, Louis D. Lighton (screenplay), Alfred Hustwick (titles)
STORY
Jean Waddington, a childhood friend of Ted Larrabee, later falls in love with him. As he is, like her, the product of a broken home and the child of a dissolute and irresponsible father, Jean tells him he must prove himself before she will accept his marriage offer. Ted opens an office, but when their mutual friend, Kitty, gives a wild party in the building, he forgets business. Prince Ludovico de Sfax, in the charge of his guardian, the Duke de Gondreville, is attracted to Kitty, but the duke forbids his having an affair with her because of her poverty. One evening, on a drunken spree, Ted and Kitty get married, and, heartbroken, Jean goes to Europe. Later, Kitty and Ted arrive with their child and the prince’s love is revived. Realizing that no bond of affection exists between her and Ted, Kitty takes poison, and Ted is reunited with Jean.
TECH
Runtime 1 hr 10 min (70 min) (USA)
Sound Mix Silent | Stereo (New score by Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra)
Color Black and White
Aspect Ratio 1.33 : 1
Film Length (7 reels) (USA)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm