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Director
  
Frank Lloyd

Story by
  
Gertrude Atherton

Duration
  

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Genre
  
Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

Screenplay
  
Frank Lloyd, Mary OHara

Country
  
United States

Black Oxen movie poster

Language
  
Silent English intertitles

Release date
  
December 29, 1923 (1923-12-29)

Based on
  
Black Oxen  by Gertrude Atherton

Writer
  
Gertrude Atherton (novel), Frank Lloyd, Mary OHara

Cast
  
Corinne Griffith
(Madame Zatianny / Mary Ogden),
Clara Bow
(Janet Ogelthorpe),
Conway Tearle
(Lee Clavering),
Tom Ricketts
(Charles Dinwiddie),
Tom Guise
(Judge Gavin Trent),
Kate Lester
(Jane Ogelthorpe)

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Black Oxen is a 1923 American silent fantasy/romantic drama film starring Corinne Griffith, Conway Tearle and Clara Bow. Directed by Frank Lloyd, the film is based on the controversial and best-selling 1922 novel of the same name by Gertrude Atherton.

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Described as "subtle science fiction", the film takes its title from William Butler Yeats: "The years like great Black Oxen tread the world." It was produced by Frank Lloyd Productions and distributed by First National Pictures. A special edition of Atherton's novel was released featuring stills from the film.

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Plot

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Lee Clavering (Tearle), a playwright in New York, falls in love with an Austrian countess, Madame Zatianny (Griffith). Janet Oglethorpe (Bow), an animated and precocious flapper, is also in love with Lee but he hasn't noticed yet. Unbeknownst to Lee, Madame Zatianny is actually 58 years old, and has retained her youth through a rejuvenating glandular treatment and X-ray surgery. Lee's plans to marry Madame Zatianny are thwarted when one of her former admirers reveals her embarrassing secret and, in the end, Lee discovers happiness with Janet.

Cast

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  • Corinne Griffith as Madame Zatianny/Mary Ogden
  • Conway Tearle as Lee Clavering
  • Clara Bow as Janet Ogelthorpe
  • Tom Ricketts as Charles Dinwiddie
  • Carmelita Geraghty as Anna Goodrich
  • Tom Guise as Judge Gavin Trent
  • Alan Hale as Prince Rohenhauer
  • Kate Lester as Jane Ogelthorpe
  • Harry Mestayer as James Ogelthorpe
  • Claire McDowell as Agnes Trevor
  • Lincoln Stedman as Donnie Ferris
  • Ione Atkinson as Flapper
  • Mila Constantin as Flapper
  • Fred Gamble as Oglethorpe Butler
  • Otto Lederer as Austrian Advisor
  • Clarissa Selwynne as Gora Dwight
  • Eric Mayne as Chancellor
  • Otto Nelson as Dr. Steinach
  • Hortense O'Brien as Flapper
  • Wilhelm von Brincken as Aide to Prince Rohenhauer (uncredited)
  • Percy Williams as Ogden Butler

    • Preservation status

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    The George Eastman House retains a print of the film which is incomplete, comprising the first seven reels, but not the eighth. In 2010, it undertook restoration of the 35mm print, funded by The National Film Preservation Fund. The Gosfilmofond Russian State Archive also holds an incomplete copy, consisting of all reels with the exception of Reel 2. A DVD The New York Public Library has a 16mm print available in three film reels. A 60-minute version mastered by eBay retailer Buyers’ Gallery Video is available on DVD. No complete version of the film is currently commercially available

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    Black Oxen is one of about ten films starring Corinne Griffith, out of 58, that are available for viewing.

    DVD release

    Black Oxen was released on Region 0 DVD-R by Alpha Video on September 1, 2015.

    References

    Black Oxen Wikipedia
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    Black Oxen IMDb Black Oxen themoviedb.org