''The Lady in Ermine'' is a 1927 American
silent romantic drama film directed by
James Flood
James Joseph Flood (1895-1953) was an American film director.
Born in New York City, Flood became an assistant director with Biograph in 1912 and was active through 1952.
Career
When working on ''The Swellhead'', Flood decided he wanted to ...
and produced by and starring
Corinne Griffith
Corinne Griffith (née Griffin; November 21, 1894 – July 13, 1979) was an American film actress, producer, author and businesswoman. Dubbed "The Orchid Lady of the Screen," she was widely regarded as one of the most beautiful actresses of the ...
, and distributed by
First National Pictures. The film is now considered a
lost film
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Play
The operetta ''The Lady in Ermine'', upon which this film and later films are based, opened on Broadway October 2, 1922 and ran for 238 performances closing on April 21, 1923. It originally played at the Ambassador Theatre and then at the Century Theatre. The famous Shubert Brothers produced the operetta/play.
Cast
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Corinne Griffith
Corinne Griffith (née Griffin; November 21, 1894 – July 13, 1979) was an American film actress, producer, author and businesswoman. Dubbed "The Orchid Lady of the Screen," she was widely regarded as one of the most beautiful actresses of the ...
as Mariana Beltrami
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Einar Hanson
Einar Hanson (; Stockholm, Sweden – ; Santa Monica, California), also known as Einar Hansen, was a Swedish silent film actor.
Career
Discovered at Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theatre by director Mauritz Stiller, handsome and sophisticated, he ...
as Adrian Murillo
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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 Archduke Stephan
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Francis X. Bushman as Gen. Dostal
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Jane Keckley
Jane Keckley (September 10, 1876 – August 14, 1963) was an American actress of the silent and sound film eras.
Biography
Keckley was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and went to school there and in Georgia.
Before she acted in films, Kec ...
as Mariana's maid
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Bert Sprotte as Sergeant Major (uncredited)
Remakes
The story was
remade as an early
talkie
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musical in
Technicolor
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Definitive Technicolor movies using three black and white films ...
, ''
Bride of the Regiment
''Bride of the Regiment'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical film directed by John Francis Dillon and filmed entirely in Technicolor. The screenplay by Ray Harris and Humphrey Pearson is based on the book of the 1922 stage musical ''The Lady i ...
'' (1930), also released by First National and also considered a lost film.
[''American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films 1921-30'' (1971), The American Film Institute] It was remade again in 1948 by 20th Century-Fox as ''
That Lady in Ermine'', starring
Betty Grable
Elizabeth Ruth Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 2, 1973) was an American actress, pin-up girl, dancer, model, and singer.
Her 42 films during the 1930s and 1940s grossed more than $100 million; for 10 consecutive years (1942–1951) she reign ...
and
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr., (December 9, 1909 – May 7, 2000) was an American actor, producer and decorated naval officer of World War II. He is best known for starring in such films as ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1937), '' Gunga Din'' (1939) ...
See also
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Francis X. Bushman filmography
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List of lost films
References
External links
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Lobby poster lithograph for ''The Lady in Ermine''at silenthollywood.com
1927 films
American silent feature films
First National Pictures films
Films directed by James Flood
American romantic drama films
Films set in Italy
Films set in the 19th century
1927 romantic drama films
American black-and-white films
Films based on operettas
Lost American films
1920s historical romance films
American historical romance films
1927 lost films
Lost romantic drama films
1920s American films
Silent romantic drama films
Silent American drama films
1920s English-language films
Silent historical romance films
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