''The Gilded Lily'' is a surviving 1921 American
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
Robert Z. Leonard
Robert Zigler Leonard (October 7, 1889 – August 27, 1968) was an American film director, actor, producer, and screenwriter.
Biography
He was born in Chicago, Illinois. At one time, he was married to silent star Mae Murray with the two formin ...
and written by
Clara Beranger and
Tom McNamara. The film stars
Mae Murray
Mae Murray (born Marie Adrienne Koenig; May 10, 1885 – March 23, 1965) was an American actress, dancer, film producer, and screenwriter. Murray rose to fame during the silent film era and was known as "The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips" and "Th ...
,
Lowell Sherman
Lowell J. Sherman (October 11, 1888 – December 28, 1934) was an American actor and film director. In an unusual practice for the time, he served as both actor and director on several films in the early 1930s. He later turned exclusively to d ...
,
Jason Robards, Sr.,
Charles K. Gerrard, and
Leonora von Ottinger. The film was released on March 6, 1921, by
Paramount Pictures.
Plot
A young man from the country goes to a big city where he falls in love with a showgirl. She then decides to give up her profession to become a housewife, and he decides to leave her.
Cast
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Mae Murray
Mae Murray (born Marie Adrienne Koenig; May 10, 1885 – March 23, 1965) was an American actress, dancer, film producer, and screenwriter. Murray rose to fame during the silent film era and was known as "The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips" and "Th ...
as Lillian Drake
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Lowell Sherman
Lowell J. Sherman (October 11, 1888 – December 28, 1934) was an American actor and film director. In an unusual practice for the time, he served as both actor and director on several films in the early 1930s. He later turned exclusively to d ...
as Creighton Howard
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Jason Robards, Sr. as Frank Thompson
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Charles K. Gerrard as John Stewart
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Leonora von Ottinger as Mrs. Thompson
Production
The opening scene with Mae Murray wearing a gold tinsel cloth costume in front of a deep blue background was shot using the
Prizma
The Prizma Color system was a color motion picture process, invented in 1913 by William Van Doren Kelley and Charles Raleigh. Initially, it was a two-color additive color system, similar to its predecessor, Kinemacolor. However, Kelley eventual ...
color system.
Preservation status
A print survives in Museo del Cine Buenos Aires, Pablo C. Ducros Hicken archive.
Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Gilded Lily''
at silentera.com
References
External links
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1921 films
1920s English-language films
Silent American drama films
1921 drama films
Paramount Pictures films
Films directed by Robert Z. Leonard
American black-and-white films
American silent feature films
1920s American films
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