The Glimpses of the Moon (film)

1923 film by Allan Dwan

March 25, 1923 (1923-03-25)

Running time

70 minutes; 7 reels (6,502 feet)CountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Glimpses of the Moon is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Bebe Daniels. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.^[1] The film is based upon the 1922 Edith Wharton novel The Glimpses of the Moon.

Plot

Cast

Bebe Daniels as Susan Branch
David Powell as Nick Lansing
Nita Naldi as Ursula Gillow
Maurice Costello as Fred Gillow
Rubye De Remer as Mrs. Ellie Vanderlyn
Billy Quirk as Bob Fulmer (credited as William Quirk)
Charles K. Gerrard as Streffy, Lord Altringham
Pearl Sindelar as Grace Fullmer
Mrs. George Peggram
Beth Allen
Dolores Costello
Millie Muller
Beatrice Coburn
Fred Hadley

Preservation

The Glimpses of the Moon is a lost film.^[2]^[3]

References

^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Glimpses of the Moon(Wayback)
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Glimpses of the Moon
^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Glimpses of the Moon at silentera.com

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Glimpses of the Moon (film).

The Glimpses of the Moon at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie
Sheet music to the film

Films directed by Allan Dwan

1910s

Woman's Honor (1913)
Calamity Anne's Vanity (1913)
Quicksands (1913)
The Greater Love (1913)
Her Big Story (1913)
The Restless Spirit (1913)
Back to Life (1913)
Red Margaret, Moonshiner (1913)
Bloodhounds of the North (1913)
The Lie (1914)
The Honor of the Mounted (1914)
Remember Mary Magdalen (1914)
Discord and Harmony (1914)
The Menace to Carlotta (1914)
The Embezzler (1914)
The Lamb, the Woman, the Wolf (1914)
The End of the Feud (1914)
The Tragedy of Whispering Creek (1914)
The Unlawful Trade (1914)
The Forbidden Room (1914)
The Hopes of Blind Alley (1914)
Richelieu (1914)
The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch (1914)
Wildflower (1914)
The County Chairman (1914)
The Straight Road (1914)
The Conspiracy (1914)
The Dancing Girl (1915)
A Small Town Girl (1915)
David Harum (1915)
The Love Route (1915)
The Commanding Officer (1915)
May Blossom (1915)
The Pretty Sister of Jose (1915)
A Girl of Yesterday (1915)
Jordan Is a Hard Road (1915)
The Habit of Happiness (1916)
The Good Bad-Man (1916)
An Innocent Magdalene (1916)
Manhattan Madness (1916)
Fifty-Fifty (1916)
Accusing Evidence (1916)
Fighting Odds (1917)
A Modern Musketeer (1917)
Panthea (1917)
Headin' South (1918)
Mr. Fix-It (1918)
Bound in Morocco (1918)
He Comes Up Smiling (1918)
Cheating Cheaters (1919)
Soldiers of Fortune (1919)

1920s

The Luck of the Irish (1920)
The Scoffer (1920)
The Forbidden Thing (1920)
A Splendid Hazard (1920)
A Perfect Crime (1921)
The Sin of Martha Queed (1921)
A Broken Doll (1921)
The Hidden Woman (1922)
Robin Hood (1922)
Lawful Larceny (1923)
Zaza (1923)
Big Brother (1923)
A Society Scandal (1924)
Manhandled (1924)
Her Love Story (1924)
Wages of Virtue (1924)
Argentine Love (1924)
The Coast of Folly (1925)
Night Life of New York (1925)
Stage Struck (1925)
Sea Horses (1926)
Padlocked (1926)
Tin Gods (1926)
Summer Bachelors (1926)
The Music Master (1927)
The Joy Girl (1927)
East Side, West Side (1927)
French Dressing (1927)
The Big Noise (1928)
The Iron Mask (1929)
Tide of Empire (1929)
The Far Call (1929)
Frozen Justice (1929)
South Sea Rose (1929)

1930s

What a Widow! (1930)
Man to Man (1930)
Chances (1931)
Wicked (1931)
While Paris Sleeps (1932)
Her First Affaire (1932)
Counsel's Opinion (1933)
I Spy (1934)
Black Sheep (1935)
Navy Wife (1935)
Song and Dance Man (1936)
Human Cargo (1936)
High Tension (1936)
15 Maiden Lane (1936)
Woman-Wise (1937)
That I May Live (1937)
One Mile from Heaven (1937)
Heidi (1937)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
Suez (1938)
Josette (1938)
The Three Musketeers (1939)
The Gorilla (1939)

1940s

Frontier Marshal (1939)
Sailor's Lady (1940)
Young People (1940)
Trail of the Vigilantes (1940)
Look Who's Laughing (1941)
Rise and Shine (1941)
Friendly Enemies (1942)
Here We Go Again (1942)
Around the World (1943)
Abroad with Two Yanks (1944)
Up in Mabel's Room (1944)
Brewster's Millions (1945)
Getting Gertie's Garter (1945)
Rendezvous with Annie (1946)
Calendar Girl (1947)
Northwest Outpost (1947)
Driftwood (1947)
The Inside Story (1948)
Angel in Exile (1948)
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

1950s

Surrender (1950)
Belle Le Grand (1951)
The Wild Blue Yonder (1951)
I Dream of Jeanie (1952)
Montana Belle (1952)
Woman They Almost Lynched (1953)
Sweethearts on Parade (1953)
Flight Nurse (1953)
Silver Lode (1954)
Passion (1954)
Cattle Queen of Montana (1954)
Escape to Burma (1955)
Pearl of the South Pacific (1955)
Tennessee's Partner (1955)
Slightly Scarlet (1956)
Hold Back the Night (1956)
The River's Edge (1957)
The Restless Breed (1957)
Enchanted Island (1958)

1960s

Most Dangerous Man Alive (1961)

Edith Wharton

Novels

The House of Mirth (1905)
The Reef (1912)
The Custom of the Country (1913)
Summer (1917)
The Age of Innocence (1920)
The Glimpses of the Moon (1922)
Twilight Sleep (1927)
The Buccaneers (1938)

Novellas
and novelette

The Touchstone (1900)
Ethan Frome (1911)
Bunner Sisters (1916)
Old New York (1924)

Short story
collections

The Greater Inclination (1899)
Crucial Instances (1901)

Non-fiction

The Decoration of Houses (1897)
Fighting France: From Dunkerque to Belfort (1915)

As editor

The Book of the Homeless (1916)

Adaptations

Film	The House of Mirth (1918) The Glimpses of the Moon (1923) The Age of Innocence (1924) The Marriage Playground (1929) The Age of Innocence (1934) Strange Wives (1934) The Old Maid (1939) The Children (1990) Ethan Frome (1993) The Age of Innocence (1993) The Reef (1999) The House of Mirth (2000)
Television	The House of Mirth (1981) The Buccaneers (1995) The Buccaneers (2023)