''With This Ring'' is a 1925 American silent

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directed by

Fred Windemere Fred Windemere (born Fritz Wintermeier, April 15, 1892 –March 18, 1970) was an American film actor, actor and film director of the silent era.Munden p.741 Selected filmography * ''Three in Exile'' (1925) * ''With This Ring (1925 film), With Thi ...

and starring Alyce Mills,

Forrest Stanley Forrest Stanley (August 21, 1889 – August 27, 1969) was an American actor and screenplay writer best known for his work in silent film. He is particularly known for his role as Charles Brandon in the historical film '' When Knighthood Was in ...

, and Lou Tellegen.Connelly p. 435 In America it was distributed by the

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outfit

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while its British release was originally to be handled by

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, before that company was acquired by

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who distributed it on the British market in 1926.

Synopsis

While marooned on a

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, Cecilie Vaughn and Donald Van Buren live as man and wife and she falls pregnant. Donald is attacked and believed dead and Cecilie is rescued. She visits his wealthy family, but they refuse to recognize her or her son and Donald's brother Rufus offers to make her his

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. She agrees instead to a marriage proposal from the kindly family lawyer, before Donald returns and they are reunited.

Cast

References

Bibliography

* Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

* 1925 films 1925 comedy films American silent feature films American comedy films American black-and-white films Preferred Pictures films Films directed by Fred Windemere 1920s English-language films 1920s American films Silent American comedy films {{1920s-US-film-stub