''Temptation'' is a 1923 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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Edward LeSaint Edward LeSaint (January 1, 1871 – September 10, 1940) was an American stage and film actor and Film director, director whose career began in the silent film, silent era. He acted in over 300 films and directed more than 90. He was sometimes ...

and starring

Bryant Washburn Franklin Bryant Washburn III (April 28, 1889 – April 30, 1963) was an American actor who appeared in more than 370 films between 1911 and 1947. Washburn's parents were Franklin Bryant Washburn II and Metha Catherine Johnson Washburn. He attend ...

Eva Novak Eva Barbara Novak (February 14, 1898 – April 17, 1988) was an American film actress, who was quite popular during the silent films, silent film era. Biography On February 14, 1898, Eva Barbara Novak was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Jos ...

, and

June Elvidge June Elvidge (June 30, 1893 – May 1, 1965) was an early 20th-century silent film actress. Biography Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Elvidge, of English and Irish descent, attended Pennsylvania College and was a concert singer before she bega ...

. The film was released by the

CBC Film Sales Corporation Cohn-Brandt-Cohn (CBC) Film Sales Corporation (also known as CBC Film Sales or simply CBC) was an American film studio that was founded on June 19, 1918 by brothers Harry and Jack Cohn and their friend and co-worker at Independent Moving Pictur ...

, which would later become

Columbia Pictures Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Trade name, doing business as Columbia Pictures, is an American film Production company, production and Film distributor, distribution company that is the flagship unit of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group ...

Plot

Cast

as Jack Baldwin *

as Marjorie Baldwin *

as Mrs. Martin *

Phillips Smalley Wendell Phillips Smalley (August 7, 1865 – May 2, 1939) was an American silent film director and actor. Biography Born in Brooklyn, New York (state), New York, he was the grandson of Wendell Phillips; he was the son of George Washburn Smalle ...

as Frederick Arnold * Vernon Steele as John Hope

Preservation and status

The film survives in its complete form in a 16mm copy held at the

Deutsche Kinemathek Die Deutsche Kinemathek – Museum für Film und Fernsehen Berlin (English: "German Cinematheque – Museum of Film and Television Berlin") is a major German film archive and film museum located in Berlin, Germany. Located at Potsdamer Platz sinc ...

in Berlin.The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:''Temptation''
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References

Bibliography

* Dick, Bernard F. ''The Merchant Prince of Poverty Row: Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures''. University Press of Kentucky, 2015.

External links

* 1923 films 1923 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Edward LeSaint Columbia Pictures films 1920s American films English-language drama films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub