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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Language Silent
English 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
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