A Society Sensation
About A Society Sensation
In the fishing village of St. Margaret's, Captain Fairfax will not let his daughter Margaret marry the fisherman Jim Cox. He sends her to Mrs. Jones to be turned into a society lady, and she is introduced at the Golden Gate Country Club as the Duchess of Deerford. She pulls Richard Bradley from the ocean when he cramps during a race. After a letter shows the captain is not a marquis, Margaret goes home and refuses Richard. Jim kidnaps her. Richard fights him off the boat. Friends and the captain then learn that Margaret is a duchess after all.
Cast & crew
More about A Society Sensation
Paul Powell directed for Universal's Bluebird Photoplays brand. He and Hope Loring are credited with the script. Carmel Myers had the lead. Rudolph Valentino, billed as Rudolpho De Valentina, played Richard Bradley. Bluebird released it on September 23, 1918. The original ran 50 minutes. A 1924 reissue cut it to 24 minutes built around Valentino's scenes, with new titles covering the gaps. A music cue sheet for the 1918 release is in Moving Picture Weekly.
Themes
Preservation
The 50-minute original is lost. The 24-minute 1924 reissue survives.
Notes
- Lydia Yeamans Titus plays Mrs. Jones, Alfred Allen the captain, Fred Kelsey Jim Cox, ZaSu Pitts Mary, and Harold Goodwin Timmy.
- The plot usually reprinted is the 24-minute reissue, not the lost 50-minute original.
- Wikipedia links a surviving copy at archive.org/details/silent-a-society-sensation.
Scenes
- Margaret swims out and pulls Richard from a cramp.
- Richard throws Jim off the boat after the kidnapping.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-a-society-sensation)
- Wikimedia Commons
