''Pleasure Mad'' is a 1923 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 ...

directed by

Reginald Barker Reginald C. Barker (April 2, 1886 – February 23, 1945) was a pioneer film director. Biography Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Barker's family moved to Scotland when he was an infant and then to the United States. Living in California, ...

and starring

Huntley Gordon Huntley Ashworth Gordon (October 8, 1879 – December 7, 1956) was a Canadian actor who began his career in the Silent Film era. Profile Gordon was born in Montreal, Quebec, educated in both Canada and England. He had various jobs including w ...

Mary Alden Mary Maguire Alden (June 18, 1883 – July 2, 1946) was an American motion picture and stage actress. She was one of the first Broadway actresses to work in Hollywood. Life Alden was born in New York City on June 18, 1883. She performed on Br ...

, and

Norma Shearer Edith Norma Shearer (August 11, 1902June 12, 1983) was a Canadian-American actress who was active on film from 1919 through 1942. Shearer often played spunky, sexually liberated ingénues. She appeared in adaptations of Noël Coward, Eugene O'N ...

.Jacobs & Braum p. 71 The film was written by

A.P. Younger A.P. Younger; born Andrew Percival Younger (September 25, 1890 – November 29, 1931) was an American screenwriter active during the silent era and early sound period. He worked for Universal Pictures on a number of productions, and also ...

based upon the novel ''The Valley of Content'' by

Blanche Upright Blanche Sarah Upright (née Caro; February 22, 1880 - April 3, 1948) was a writer in the United States. Her novel ''Valley of Content'' was adapted to film as ''Pleasure Mad'' in 1923 and staged in 1925. She appeared in the 1927 film ''Your Wife an ...

Cast

as Hugh Benton *

as Marjorie Benton *

as Elinor Benton * William Collier Jr. as Howard Benton *

Winifred Bryson Winifred Bryson (born Winifred Brison; December 20, 1892 – August 20, 1987) was an American actress of the stage and of silent films. Biography Winifred Bryson was born Winifred Brison on December 20, 1892, in Los Angeles, the daughter of O ...

as Geraldine de Lacy *

Ward Crane Ward Crane (May 18, 1890 – July 21, 1928) was an American silent film actor popular in comedies and dramas. Out of dozens of films, he is remembered as the handsome heavy to Buster Keaton's hero in ''Sherlock Jr.'' (1924). Crane died aged ...

as David Templeton *

Frederick Truesdell Frederick may refer to: People * Frederick (given name), the name Nobility Anhalt-Harzgerode *Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670) Austria * Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from 1195 to 1198 * Frederick ...

as John Hammond *

Joan Standing Joan Standing (21 June 1903 – 3 February 1979) was an English actress best known for playing Nurse Briggs in the 1931 horror film ''Dracula''. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1919 and 1940. Partial filmography * '' The Loves o ...

as Hulda

References

Bibliography

*Jack Jacobs & Myron Braum. ''The Films of Norma Shearer''. A. S. Barnes, 1976.

External links

* * 1923 films Films directed by Reginald Barker American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub