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St Elmo (1923 American film)

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Genre
  
Drama

Cinematography
  
Joseph H. August

Country
  
United States

Director
  
Jerome Storm

Story by
  
Augusta Jane Evans

Duration
  

St. Elmo (1923 American film) Alabama Yesterdays Films Based on Augusta Wilsons 1867 Novel St Elmo

Language
  
SilentEnglish intertitles

Release date
  
September 30, 1923 (1923-09-30) (United States)

Based on
  
St. Elmo by Augusta Jane Evans

Writer
  
Jules Furthman, Augusta Jane Evans Wilson

Cast
  
John Gilbert
,
Barbara La Marr
,
Bessie Love
,
Warner Baxter

Similar movies
  
Along Came Auntie (1926)

St. Elmo is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Jerome Storm. Distributed by Fox Film Corporation, the film is based on the 1867 novel of the same name written by Augusta Jane Evans. Today St. Elmo is a lost film.

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Plot

When St. Elmo Thornton catches his fiancée Agnes in the arms of his best friend Murray Hammond, he shoots Hammond and decides to travel around the world in hopes of forgetting women. Upon returning, he meets Edna, the blacksmith's daughter who is living with his minister. In the end, St. Elmo becomes a minister and marries Edna.

Cast

  • John Gilbert as St. Elmo Thornton
  • Barbara La Marr as Agnes Hunt
  • Bessie Love as Edna Earle
  • Warner Baxter as Murray Hammond
  • Nigel De Brulier as Reverend Alan Hammond
  • Lydia Knott as Mrs. Thornton

    • Production

    During production, John Gilbert and Barbara La Marr had an "intense sexual affair".

    A British adaptation of the same source material was made the same year.

    References

    St. Elmo (1923 American film) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    St Elmo (1923 American film) IMDb


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