Madame Jealousy

Madame Jealousy
Directed by Robert G. Vignola
Produced by Adolph Zukor
Screenplay by George V. Hobart
Eve Unsell
Starring Pauline Frederick
Thomas Meighan
Frank Losee
Charles Wellesley
Isabel O'Madigan
Elsie MacLeod
Cinematography Ned Van Buren
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release dates
  • February 4, 1918 (1918-02-04)
Running time
50 minutes
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

'Madame Jealousy is a 1918 allegorical American silent drama film directed by Robert G. Vignola and written by George V. Hobart and Eve Unsell. The film stars Pauline Frederick, Thomas Meighan, Frank Losee, Charles Wellesley, Isabel O'Madigan, and Elsie MacLeod. The film was released on February 4, 1918, by Paramount Pictures.[1][2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,[3] always ready to wreck the happiness of human beings, Jealousy (Frederick) selects Charm (MacLeod) and Valor (Meighan) as her two victims. She is almost successful at bringing about her desires, but the arrival of the child Happiness overcomes all disagreements. Jealousy awaits with interest her next victims.

Cast

Reception

Like many American films of the time, Madame Jealousy was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors required a cut, in Reel 4, of an intoxicated young woman rising from a table and staggering towards a man.[4]

References

  1. "Madame-Jealousy - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  2. "Madame Jealousy (1918) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  3. "Reviews: Madame Jealousy". Exhibitors Herald (New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company) 6 (10): 25. March 2, 1918.
  4. "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald 6 (10): 29. March 2, 1918.

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