Let Not Man Put Asunder

1924 film

  • February 1924 (1924-02)
CountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Let Not Man Put Asunder is a 1924 American silent drama film starring Pauline Frederick, produced and directed by J. Stuart Blackton, and distributed by Vitagraph, a company Blackton co-founded. The story is based on a 1902 novel of the same name by Basil King about divorce.[1]

Similarly, Let No Man Put Asunder, titled film was made in 1913 by the Essanay Company starring Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne.

Plot

Cast

  • Pauline Frederick as Petrina Faneuil
  • Lou Tellegen as Dick Lechmere
  • Leslie Austin as Harry Vassall
  • Helena D'Algy as Felicia De Proney
  • Pauline Neff as Lady De Bohun
  • Barbara Leonard as Polly De Bohun
  • Maurice Costello as Sir Humphrey
  • Martha Petelle as Mrs. Vassall
  • Gladys Frazin as Gentian Tyrell
  • Homer Lynn as Chaillot
  • Clifton Webb as Major Bertie (uncredited)

Costars Tellegen and Frazin both committed unrelated suicides after their respective serial divorces and career declines.[2]

Preservation

With no prints of Let Not Man Put Asunder found in any film archive,[3][4] it is a lost film.

References

  1. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Let Not Man Put Asunder at silentera.com
  2. ^ Kenneth Anger, Hollywood Babylon II, Plume reprint, 1984, NY, p.233.
  3. ^ "Let Not Man Put Asunder (1924)". stanford.edu. May 2, 2009. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
  4. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Let Not Man Put Asunder

External links

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