The Black Panther's Cub

The Black Panther's Cub
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Directed by	Emile Chautard
Produced by	William F. Ziegfeld
Written by	Algernon Swinburne (poem: Faustine) Ethel Donoher (story) Philip Bartholomae (adaptation)
Starring	Florence Reed Earle Foxe Norman Trevor Henry Stephenson Tyrone Power, Sr.
Cinematography	Jacques Monteran - (French Wikipedia) Alfred Ortlieb
Production company	Ziegfeld Cinema Corporation
Distributed by	Equity Pictures Corporation
Release dates	May 15, 1921 July 16, 1926
Running time	unknown
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Still photo of a scene from the film, with Florence Reed, Earle Foxe, and Norman Trevor.

The Black Panther's Cub is a 1921 American silent film melodrama produced by William K. Ziegfeld, Florence Ziegfeld's younger brother. It stars stage actress Florence Reed in her last silent screen portrayal where she plays multiple roles. It is a lost film.^[1][2]

Plot

As summarized in a film publication,^[3] when the law closes the Black Panther's (Reed) house, she gives her daughter into the keeping of her old friend Clive (Stephenson). Clive dies and the Cub (Reed), now a young lady, learns who her mother was. Lord Maudsley (Foxe), Clive's son, is in financial difficulty. He makes the Cub believe that dead benefactor has left large debts, and persuades her to reopen her mother's establishment to obtain the money. She does, and the former admirers of the Black Panther marvel at the way she has retained her youth. Eventually the Cub meets her mother (Reed), now an old woman, in a dive to which the Cub has fled with an admirer to get away from the man she loved, but feared to face in her new existence. The place is raided and the mother is shot. Later Maudsley admits that it was he who needed the money, and the lover forgives the Cub and they are happy together.

Cast

• Florence Reed - The Black Panther / Mary Maudsley / Faustine
• Norman Trevor - Sir Marling Grayham
• Henry Stephenson - Clive, Earl of Maudsley
• Paul Doucet - Victim of Chance (*Paul Ducet)
• Don Merrifield - Sir Charles Beresford
• Henry Carvill - Lord Whitford
• Louis R. Grisel - Butler (*Louis Grisel)
• Earle Foxe - Lord Maudsley
• William Roselle - Hampton Grayham
• Paula Shay - Evelyn Grayham
• Halbert Brown - Mr. Laird
• Charles Jackson - Stable Boy
• Ernest Lambart - Money Lender
• Frank DeVernon - Philanthropist
• Tyrone Power, Sr. - Count Boris Orliff (*as Tyrone Power)

Reception

One review found the film to be good but complained of a scene where Reed's character was attacked and her bodice was entirely ripped off, saying, what was the use of showing this rather than implying it when the film censors would just cut it?^[3]

References

1. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
2. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Black Panther's Cub
3. "The Black Panther's Cub: Star's Acting Is the Real Feature of This One". Film Daily (New York City: Wyd's Films and Film Folks, Inc.) 15 (48): 5. Feb 20, 1921. Retrieved 2014-03-12.

External links

• The Black Panther's Cub at the Internet Movie Database
• The Black Panther's Cub; allmovie.com / synopsis