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Director
  
Alfred E. Green

Cinematography
  
Ted McCord

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Genre
  
Comedy, Romance

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

Language
  
Silent English intertitles

Writer
  
June Mathis
,
Rex Taylor
,
George Marion, Jr.

Release date
  
February 21, 1926 (US)

Music director
  
Harry Tierney, Joseph McCarthy

Cast
  
Colleen Moore
,
Lloyd Hughes
,
George K. Arthur

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Irene 1926


Irene (1926) is a silent romantic comedy film starring Colleen Moore, and partially shot in Technicolor. The film was directed by Alfred E. Green, produced by Moore's husband John McCormick (1893-1961), and based on the musical Irene written by James Montgomery, Harry Tierney, and Joseph McCarthy.

Contents

As reported in the book and documentary film The Celluloid Closet, actor George K. Arthur plays a flamboyant gay man in the film named "Madame Lucy".

Cast

  • Colleen Moore as Irene O'Dare
  • Lloyd Hughes as Donald Marshall
  • George K. Arthur as Madame Lucy
  • Maryon Aye as Helen Cheston
  • Ida Darling as Mrs. Warren Marshall
  • Edward Earle as Larry Hadley
  • Bess Flowers as Jane Gilmour
  • Betty Francisco as Cordelia Smith (Uncredited)
  • Cora Macey as Mrs. Gilmour
  • Charles Murray as Pa O'Dare
  • Eva Novak as Eleanor Hadley
  • Kate Price as Ma O'Dare
  • Laurence Wheat as Bob Harrison
  • Lydia Yeamans Titus as Mrs. Cheston

    • Production

    The scenes which were shot in Technicolor cost a total amount of $100,000. The total budget was $1,500,000.

    This was the final film of actress Marion Aye, a former Mack Sennett bathing beauty, who committed suicide in 1951.

    Preservation status

    The film exists, with the Technicolor sequences intact.

    References

    Irene (1926 film) Wikipedia
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    Irene (1926 film) IMDb Irene (1926 film) themoviedb.org