''Altars of Desire'' is a 1927 American
silent drama film
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directed by
Christy Cabanne
William Christy Cabanne (April 16, 1888 – October 15, 1950) was an American film director, screenwriter, and silent film actor.
Biography
Born in 1888 in St. Louis, Missouri, Cabanne (pronounced CAB-a-nay) was educated at the Culver Military ...
and starring silent movie star
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 ...
. It was produced and released by
MGM
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.
A print of ''Altars of Desire'' survives and is preserved by MGM.
The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Altars of Desire''
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Synopsis
Claire (Murray) is sent to Paris by her father (Edeson) to acquire some refinement
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. A treasure-hunter (Beranger) stalks her, but so does good guy David Elrod (Tearle), who rescues her.
Cast
* 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 Claire Sutherland
* Conway Tearle
Conway Tearle (born Frederick Conway Levy, May 17, 1878 – October 1, 1938) was an American stage actor who went on to perform in silent film, silent and early sound films.
Early life
Tearle was born on May 17, 1878, in New York City, the ...
as David Elrod
* Robert Edeson
Robert Edeson (June 3, 1868 – March 24, 1931) was an American film and stage actor of the silent era and a vaudeville performer.
Life and career
Edeson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of manager and actor George R. Edeson. After ...
as John Sutherland
* Maude George
Maude George (August 15, 1888 – October 10, 1963) was an American actress of the silent era.
Biography
Born in Riverside, California, in 1888, Maude George is remembered primarily as a regular of director Eric von Stroheim's stock compa ...
as Kitty Pryor
* George Beranger
George Beranger (27 March 1893 – 8 March 1973), was an Australian-born silent film actor, director and film writer in New York and Hollywood.Naturalization Records of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, Central ...
as Count André D'Orville
References
External links
*
Stills
at silenthollywood.com
1927 films
1927 drama films
American silent feature films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Christy Cabanne
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
Silent American drama films
1920s American films
Surviving American silent films
1920s English-language films
English-language drama films
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