''The Empire of Diamonds'' is a 1920 American silent

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

directed by

Léonce Perret Léonce Joseph Perret (14 March 1880 – 12 August 1935) was a prolific and innovative French film actor, director and producer.The Museum of Modern Art(retrieved 7 June 2007) He also worked as a stage actor and director. Often described as avant ...

and starring Robert Elliott,

Lucy Fox Lucy Fox (October 25, 1897 – May 21, 1970) was an American actress active in the era of silent film.Solomon, p. 290 Partial filmography * '' Just for Tonight'' (1918) * '' Why I Would Not Marry?'' (1918) * ''The Bishop's Emeralds'' (1919) * '' ...

and

Léon Mathot Léon Mathot (5 March 1886, Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais - 6 March 1968, in Paris) was a French film actor and film director best known perhaps for playing Edmond Dantes in ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' film serial in 1918. He appeared in the 19 ...

.Connelly p.343

Cast

* Robert Elliott as Matthew Versigny *

as Marguerite Versigny * Henry G. Sell as Paul Bernac *

as Arthur Graves *

Jacques Volnys Ancient and noble French family names, Jacques, Jacq, or James are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are over ...

as Trazi d'Aricola *

Laurent Morléas Laurent may refer to: *Laurent (name), a French masculine given name and a surname **Saint Laurence (aka: Saint ''Laurent''), the martyr Laurent **Pierre Alphonse Laurent, mathematician **Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, amateur astronomer, discoverer ...

as Andre Zarnoff *

Fernand Mailly Fernand Mailly (26 February 1873) was a French actor. Born Fernand Jean-Paul Anne in Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France. Selected filmography * ''Brigadier Gerard'' (1915) * '' Le traquenard'' (1915) * ''The Empire of Diamonds'' (1920) *'' The Agon ...

as Baron de Lambri * Ruth Hunter as Esther Taylor

References

Bibliography

* Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998.

External links

* 1920s American films 1920 films 1920 crime films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films American crime films American black-and-white films Films directed by Léonce Perret Pathé Exchange films English-language crime films {{1920s-US-film-stub