''The Far Cry'' (Portuguese title: ''Um Divorcio Feliz'') is a 1926 American silent epic

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produced and distributed by the

First National Pictures First National Pictures was an American motion picture production and distribution company. It was founded in 1917 as First National Exhibitors' Circuit, Inc., an association of independent theatre owners in the United States, and became the count ...

. The film was directed by

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, the husband of writer

June Mathis June Mathis (born June Beulah Hughes, January 30, 1887 – July 26, 1927) was an American screenwriter. Mathis was the first female executive for Metro/MGM and at only 35, she was the highest paid executive in Hollywood. In 1926 she was voted ...

, and starred screen veteran

Blanche Sweet Sarah Blanche Sweet (June 18, 1896 – September 6, 1986) was an American silent film actress who began her career in the earliest days of the Hollywood motion picture film industry. Early life Born Sarah Blanche Sweet (though her first na ...

. It is based on a 1924 Broadway play of the same name by Arthur Richman.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Claire Marsh gets married and then divorced from Max Fraisier, a French marquis in Paris, which costs her father Julian Marsh a small fortune. Staying in Europe, Claire meets Dick Clayton, an old school chum, who is studying art in Paris. Dick then goes to Paris, and Claire, acting as one of the "we moderns", follows. Because Claire refuses to consider being wed, they live together there without being married. Count Filippo Sturani, another suitor for Claire, makes Dick jealous. They have an argument regarding the Count, and Claire returns to Paris. Dick follows her and rescues her from a blaze that erupts at a gorgeous Roman banquet given in Claire's honor by the Count.

Cast

as Claire Marsh *

Jack Mulhall John Joseph Francis Mulhall (October 7, 1887 – June 1, 1979) was an American film actor beginning in the silent film era who successfully transitioned to sound films, appearing in over 430 films in a career spanning 50 years. Early years Mu ...

as Dick Clayton *

Myrtle Stedman Myrtle Stedman (born Myrtle Lincoln; March 3, 1883 – January 8, 1938) was an American leading lady and later character actress in motion pictures who began in silent films in 1910. Biography Stedman was born Myrtle Lincoln in Chicago, Ill ...

as Louise Marsh *

Hobart Bosworth Hobart Van Zandt Bosworth (August 11, 1867 – December 30, 1943) was an American film actor, director, writer, and producer. Early life Bosworth was born on August 11, 1867, in Marietta, Ohio. His father was a sea captain in the Civil Wa ...

as Julian Marsh *

Leo White Leo White (November 10, 1882 – September 20, 1948), Leo Weiss, was a German-born British-American film and stage actor who appeared as a character actor in many Charlie Chaplin films. Biography Born in Germany, White grew up in England where ...

as Max Fraisier *

Julia Swayne Gordon Julia Swayne Gordon (born Sarah Victoria Smith; October 29, 1878 – May 28, 1933) was an American actress who appeared in at least 228 films between 1908 and 1933. Early years Gordon was born in Columbus, Ohio, to Louis and Anna Smith and wa ...

as Helen Clayton * William Austin as Eric Lancefield *

John Sainpolis John M. St. Polis (born John Marie Sainpolis; November 24, 1873 – October 8, 1946) was an American actor. Biography St. Polis was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Before starting his film career, he made a name for himself on the Broadway ...

as Count Filippo Sturani *

Dorothy Revier Dorothy Revier (born Doris Valerga; April 18, 1904 – November 19, 1993) was an American actress. Early years Born as Doris Valerga in San Francisco on April 18, 1904, Revier was one of five siblings of the famous Valerga performing fami ...

as Yvonne Beaudet *

Mathilde Comont Mathilde Comont (9 September 1886 – 21 June 1938), credited also as Mathilda Caumont, was a French-born American actress, primarily of the silent era. Biography Born in Bordeaux, she appeared in films in her native country, particularly ...

as Maid

Production

The elaberate Roman banquet near the end of the movie was filmed in

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. The title referred to the difference between the then morl code in Europe and the United States.

Preservation

''The Far Cry'' is now considered to be a

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.''The Far Cry'' on Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files list: ''First National Pictures''
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