''The Call of the Blood'' (French: ''L'appel du sang'') is a 1920 French
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 ...
directed by
Louis Mercanton
Louis Mercanton (4 May 1879 – 29 April 1932) was a Swiss people, Swiss film director, screenwriter and actor.
Mercanton was born in Nyon, Vaud, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
Partial filmography
Director
* '' ...
and starring
Ivor Novello,
Phyllis Neilson-Terry
Phyllis Neilson-Terry (15 October 1892 – 25 September 1977) was an English actress. She was a member of the third generation of the theatrical dynasty the Terry family. After early successes in the classics, including several leading Shakesp ...
, and
Charles Le Bargy. The film is most notable for giving a screen debut to the Welsh actor Novello, who went on to become a major star in the 1920s.
[Macbnab p.39] It is based on the 1906
novel of the same title by
Robert Hichens. The costumes were designed by
Paul Poiret
Paul Poiret (20 April 1879 – 30 April 1944, Paris, France) was a French fashion designer, a master couturier during the first two decades of the 20th century. He was the founder of his namesake haute couture house.
Early life and care ...
.
Synopsis
An
Englishman
The English people are an ethnic group and nation native to England, who speak the English language, a West Germanic language, and share a common history and culture. The English identity is of Anglo-Saxon origin, when they were known in ...
commits adultery with a
Sicilian woman.
Cast
*
Phyllis Neilson-Terry
Phyllis Neilson-Terry (15 October 1892 – 25 September 1977) was an English actress. She was a member of the third generation of the theatrical dynasty the Terry family. After early successes in the classics, including several leading Shakesp ...
as Hermione Lester
*
Ivor Novello as Maurice Delarey
*
Desdemona Mazza as Maddalena
*
Charles Le Bargy as Émile d'Arbois
*
Gabriel de Gravone
Gabriel de Gravone (; 1887–1972) was a French stage actor.Abel p.321 He acted in forty films during the silent era
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films con ...
as Gaspare
*
Salvatore Lo Turco as Salvatore
See also
*''
Call of the Blood'' (1948)
References
Bibliography
* Macnab, Geoffrey. ''Searching for Stars''. Cassell, 2000.
External links
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1920 films
French drama films
French silent films
1920 drama films
1920s French-language films
Films directed by Louis Mercanton
French black-and-white films
Films based on British novels
Films set in Sicily
Silent drama films
1920s French films
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