''Let Not Man Put Asunder'' is a 1924 American silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

starring

Pauline Frederick Pauline Frederick (born Pauline Beatrice Libbey, August 12, 1883 – September 19, 1938) was an American stage and film actress. Early life Frederick was born Pauline Beatrice Libbey (later changed to Libby) in Boston in 1883 (some sources stat ...

, produced and directed by

J. Stuart Blackton James Stuart Blackton (January 5, 1875 – August 13, 1941) was a British-American film producer and director of the silent era. One of the pioneers of motion pictures, he founded Vitagraph Studios in 1897. He was one of the first filmmakers to ...

, and distributed by Vitagraph, a company Blackton co-founded. The story is based on a 1902 novel of the same name by

Basil King William Benjamin Basil King (1859–1928) was a Canadian clergyman who became a writer after retiring from the clergy. His novels and non-fiction were spirituality, spiritually oriented. Life and career He was born on February 26, 1859, in Charl ...

about divorce. Similarly, ''Let No Man Put Asunder'', titled film was made in 1913 by the Essanay Company starring Francis X. Bushman and

Beverly Bayne Beverly Bayne (born Pearl Beverly Van Name; November 11, 1894 – August 18, 1982) was an American actress who appeared in silent films beginning in 1910 in Chicago, Illinois, where she worked for Essanay Studios. Early life Born in Minneapoli ...

Plot

Cast

Costars Tellegen and Frazin both committed unrelated suicides after their respective serial divorces and career declines.

Preservation

With no prints of ''Let Not Man Put Asunder'' found in any film archive,The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Let Not Man Put Asunder''
/ref> it is a

lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o ...

References

External links

* *
Stills
at the Pauline Frederick website 1924 films 1924 drama films Silent American drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films based on Canadian novels Films directed by J. Stuart Blackton Lost American drama films Vitagraph Studios films 1924 lost films English-language drama films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub