The Woman from Hell
1929 film
- April 21, 1929 (1929-04-21)
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The Woman from Hell, known in some markets as The Woman from Luna or The Woman of Damnation,[1] is a 1929 American sound film drama produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation and starring Mary Astor. Although the film had no dialogue, it featured a synchronized Movietone sound track of music and sound effects.[2] This was Dean Jagger's film debut. It is considered to be a lost film.[3]
Plot
Dee Renaud is a girl playing the "Devil" in an amusement concession at a beach resort. Slick Glicks, the barker, promises the yokels that if they're able to catch the "Lady From Hell," she will reward them with a kiss. But when Glicks tries to go beyond kissing, Dee is rescued by Jim Coakley, son of a New England lighthouse keeper. She marries him out of gratitude and they move to his home on an island off the rockbound coast. Dee tries to convince Jim's salty old father, Pat, that she'll be a good and faithful wife. But she's a passionate woman with a bit of the devil in her, and she flirts with Jim's best friend Alf, who invites her to elope to Havana with him. When Pat is incapacitated, however, Dee loyally remains in the lighthouse to operate the beam and avert a shipwreck.
Cast
- Mary Astor - Dee Renaud
- Robert Armstrong - Alf
- Dean Jagger - Jim Coakley
- Roy D'Arcy - 'Slick' Glicks
- May Boley - Mother Price
- James Bradbury Sr. - Pat
- Billy Gilbert
See also
- 1937 Fox vault fire
- List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
References
External links
- The Woman from Hell at IMDb
- The Woman from Hell synopsis at AllMovie
- THE WOMAN FROM HELL; lobby poster
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