Flower of Night
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| Directed by | Paul Bern |
| Written by | Willis Goldbeck (scenario) |
| Story by | Joseph Hergesheimer |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
| Starring | Pola Negri |
| Cinematography | Bert Glennon |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Flower of Night is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Paul Bern. Famous Players–Lasky produced the film with Paramount Pictures releasing. Joseph Hergesheimer provided an original story for the screen.[1][2]
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,[3] Don Giraldo y Villalon and his daughter Carlota, high caste Spaniards living in California at the time of the gold rush, are dispossessed of most of their land holdings, including the Flor de Noche mine in the hills above their hacienda. John Basset has come from the East to assist the superintendent of the mine. He stops at the hacienda to learn the way to the mine, and, at sight of him, Carlota loves him. She accepts an invitation to a miners’ dance, to which she goes only that she may see Basset again. Basset, disgusted with the revel, ignores her. When she returns home and tells her father she has disgraced herself and the family name he commits suicide. Carlota goes to San Francisco and becomes a dance hall entertainer. She meets Luke Rand, leader of the Vigilantes, and makes love to him in an effort to win Basset, who scorns her. Rand tries to confiscate the Flor de Noche mine to win Carlota. Basset in defending the mine is wounded and Carlota, altering her mind, helps him escape. Rand overtakes them, and in the fight that ensues Basset kills him. The love note is the loudest one as the story ends.
Cast
- Joseph J. Dowling as Don Geraldo y Villalón (credited as Joseph Dowling)
- Pola Negri as Carlota, Don Geraldo's daughter
- Youcca Troubetzkoy as John Basset
- Warner Oland as Luke Rand
- Ed Brady as Derck Bylandt (credited as Edwin J. Brady)
- Eulalie Jensen as Mrs. Bylandt
- Cesare Gravina as Servant
- Gustav von Seyffertitz as Vigilante Leader
- Helen Lee Worthing as Josefa
- Anastasia Georgina Kissel (credited as Thais Valdemar)
- Manuel Acosta
- Frankie Bailey
- Buck Black (uncredited)
Preservation
With no prints of Flower of Night located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.
References
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Flower of the Night
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Flower of Night at silentera.com
- ^ "New Pictures: Flower of Night", Exhibitors Herald, 23 (3), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 57–58, October 10, 1925, retrieved October 8, 2022
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Flower of the Night
External links
- Flower of Night at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie