All Soul's Eve
| All Soul's Eve | |
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 Newspaper advertisement. | |
| Directed by | Chester Franklin |
| Written by | Elmer Harris |
| Based on |
All Soul's Eve by Anne Crawford Flexner |
| Cinematography | Faxon M. Dean |
| Distributed by | Realart Pictures |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
All Soul's Eve was a 1921 American silent drama film. The film is based on the mystical 1920 Broadway play of the same name by Anne Crawford Flexner.[1] Produced and distributed by Paramount offshoot Realart Pictures, All Soul's Eve was directed by Chester Franklin and starred Mary Miles Minter,[2] who played two parts in the same scene through the use of double exposure.[3] The film is now considered lost.[2]
Plot
The film's subject matter deals with mysticism and reincarnation. Based upon a summary in a film publication,[3] Nora O'Hallahan (Minter) comes to America only to find her mother dead. The Irish girl takes a position as the nurse for the Heath's child. Alice Heath (Minter) is killed and, after almost losing himself through his grief, the artist husband Roger (Holt) receives inspiration through Nora, who has grown marvelously like the dead wife through her love for the child. Nora's belief in the return of spirits is responsible for saving the child's life, while the artist feels that Alice has returned to him in the form of Nora, and he makes her his wife.
Cast
- Mary Miles Minter - Alice Heath / Nora O'Hallahan
- Jack Holt - Roger Heath
- Carmen Phillips - Olivia Larkin
- Clarence Geldart - Dr. Sandy McAllister
- Michael D. Moore - Peter Heath (*as Mickey Moore)
- Fanny Midgley - Mrs. O'Hallahan
- Lottie Williams - Belle Emerson
- Alice Knowland (uncredited)
- Lucien Littlefield (uncredited)
References
- ↑ All Soul's Eve at the Internet Broadway Database
- 1 2 The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 published by The American Film Institute, c.1971
- 1 2 "All Soul's Eve: Star Has Dual Role in Quaint Story that Entertains". Film Daily (New York City: Wyd's Films and Film Folks, Inc.) 15 (48): 21. Feb 20, 1921. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to All Soul's Eve. |
- All Soul's Eve at the Internet Movie Database
- All Soul's Eve at AllMovie
- A Coming Attraction Lantern Slide of the film
- still of Mickey Moore, Jack Holt and Mary M. Minter in the film (Univ. of Washington, Sayre collection)