''The Pipes o' Pan'' (aka ''The Pipes of Pan'') is a 1914 American silent

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directed by

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and featuring

Lon Chaney Leonidas Frank "Lon" Chaney (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930) was an American actor and makeup artist. He is regarded as one of the most versatile and powerful actors of cinema, renowned for his characterizations of tortured, often gr ...

and Pauline Bush. It is thought the screenplay was written by De Grasse's wife

Ida May Park Ida May Park (December 28, 1879 – June 13, 1954) was an American screenwriter and film director of the silent film, silent era, in the early 20th century. She wrote for more than 50 films between 1914 and 1930, and directed 14 films between ...

, but she was uncredited. The film is now considered to be lost. The sequence in the film showing the history of Pan was hand colored, with the rest of the film in black-and-white. A still exists showing Lon Chaney in the Arthur Farrell role.

Plot

Stephen Arnold, a painter, dreams of a beautiful love scene in a forest involving a faun and a wood-nymph that is interrupted by the daughter of Pan. In the dream, Pan's daughter lures the faun away from his beloved wood-nymph with her magic flute. When he awakens from his dream, he decides to capture the image of Pan's daughter on canvas and goes in search of a suitable model. He meets Caprice, a dancer who strangely resembles Pan's daughter as seen in his dream. Stephen convinces the girl to pose for him and he soon becomes entranced by her. His wife Marian becomes jealous at her husband's neglect of her and she strikes up a relationship with Arthur Farrell, her husband's best friend. Farrell falls in love with Marian and makes advances towards her, but she keeps him at arm's length. After the painting is finished, Stephen is unable to give Caprice up and he is drawn into a passionate love scene with the young woman. Totally disgusted at her husband's behavior, Marian has decided to leave him at this point and run off with Farrell, and she goes to her husband's studio to tell him. There she finds the completed painting of Caprice, and in a rage, she slashes it to tatters. With the painting destroyed, Caprice's strange hold over Stephen is suddenly broken. The repentant artist returns home to his forgiving wife and they are reunited.

Cast

* Joe King as Stephen Arnold, the artist * Pauline Bush as Marian, his wife *

Carmen Phillips Carmen Phillips (born Anna Catherine Phillips; September 15, 1888 – December 14, 1966) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1914 and 1926, frequently as a " vamp". Biography A native Cali ...

as Caprice, the mysterious model *

as Arthur Farrell

Reception

Moving Picture World wrote: "The model's abbreviated attire will undoubtedly raise the old question of just what constitutes real art in such matters. This will shock some viewers. The husband's conscientious scruples were rather too sudden to be very convincing. This holds the interest throughout, but it undoubtedly steps over the line of delicacy to an extent.".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pipes O Pan 1914 films American black-and-white films 1914 drama films 1914 short films Lost American drama films Films directed by Joseph De Grasse Universal Pictures short films Silent American drama short films 1914 lost films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films English-language drama short films