''The Eyes of the World'' is a 1930 American
pre-Code
Pre-Code Hollywood was the brief era in the American film industry between the widespread adoption of sound in film in 1929LaSalle (2002), p. 1. and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship guidelines, popularly known ...
drama film
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directed by
Henry King and written by Brewster Morse and Clarke Silvernail. The film stars
Eulalie Jensen,
Florence Roberts
Florence Roberts (March 16, 1861/1864 – June 6, 1940(photo included) was an American actress of the stage and in motion pictures.
Stock company actress
Born in New York City, she began acting onstage there. Her career began at the Brooklyn ...
,
Una Merkel
Una Merkel (December 10, 1903 – January 2, 1986) was an American stage, film, radio, and television actress.
Merkel was born in Kentucky and acted on stage in New York in the 1920s. She went to Hollywood in 1930 and became a popular film ...
, and
Nance O'Neil
Gertrude Lamson (October 8, 1874 – February 7, 1965), known professionally as Nance O'Neil or Nancy O'Neil, was an American stage and film actress who performed in plays in various theaters around the world but worked predominantly in the Unite ...
. The film was released on August 30, 1930, by
United Artists
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.
Cast
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Eulalie Jensen as Mrs. Rutledge
*Hugh Huntley as James Rutledge
*Myra Hubert as Myra
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Florence Roberts
Florence Roberts (March 16, 1861/1864 – June 6, 1940(photo included) was an American actress of the stage and in motion pictures.
Stock company actress
Born in New York City, she began acting onstage there. Her career began at the Brooklyn ...
as The Maid
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Una Merkel
Una Merkel (December 10, 1903 – January 2, 1986) was an American stage, film, radio, and television actress.
Merkel was born in Kentucky and acted on stage in New York in the 1920s. She went to Hollywood in 1930 and became a popular film ...
as Sybil
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Nance O'Neil
Gertrude Lamson (October 8, 1874 – February 7, 1965), known professionally as Nance O'Neil or Nancy O'Neil, was an American stage and film actress who performed in plays in various theaters around the world but worked predominantly in the Unite ...
as Myra
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John Holland as Aaron King
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Fern Andra as Mrs. Taine
*Frederick Burt as Conrad La Grange
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Brandon Hurst as Mr. Taine
*William Jeffrey as Bryan Oakley
Preservation status
This film is considered
lost
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History
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.
[https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-film-preservation-board/documents/Lost%20silent.updated_122916.pdf ]
See also
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List of lost films
References
External links
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1930 films
American black-and-white films
1930s English-language films
Films directed by Henry King
United Artists films
1930 drama films
Lost American films
Films produced by Sol Lesser
Films based on American novels
Remakes of American films
Sound film remakes of silent films
1930 lost films
Lost drama films
1930s American films
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