''Scarlet Saint'', also known as ''The Scarlet Sinner'', is a 1925 American
silent
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drama film
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directed by
George Archainbaud
George Archainbaud (May 7, 1890 – February 20, 1959) was a French- American film and television director.
Biography
In the beginning of his career he worked on stage as an actor and manager. He came to the United States in January 1914, and ...
and starring
Mary Astor
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,
Lloyd Hughes, and
Frank Morgan
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. The film's sets were designed by the
art director Milton Menasco
Milton Menasco (January 22, 1890 – June 7, 1974) was an American painter and art director of silent movies.
Born in 1890 in Los Angeles, California, Menasco began his art career in the early days of Hollywood, when his "blood and thunder" ...
.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review, a young woman who as a girl was betrothed to an Austrian baron decides on the eve of the wedding that she cannot marry the titled man because she is in love with a young American. The baron tricks the other man into a duel and forces the woman into marriage to save the younger man from a long term in jail. After a long period of struggle to retain his wife, the baron at length releases her and wishes her happiness with the American.
Cast
Preservation
With no prints of ''Scarlet Saint'' located in any film archives,
The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Scarlet Saint''
/ref> it is a lost film
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Conditions
During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy ...
.
References
Bibliography
* Lowe, Denise. ''An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930''. Routledge, 2014.
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1925 films
1925 drama films
Silent American drama films
Films directed by George Archainbaud
American silent feature films
1920s English-language films
Lost American films
American black-and-white films
1925 lost films
Lost drama films
1920s American films
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