The Glorious Lady
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About The Glorious Lady
At a country gathering where tenants and the estate family mix, the Duke of Loame is thrown from his horse. Ivis Benson, a tenant farmer's daughter, saves him. Both are hurt, and they fall in love. His mother, the dowager duchess, and Lady Eileen, the bride already chosen for him, set out to stop the match.
Cast & crew
More about The Glorious Lady
George Irving directed. Edmund Goulding wrote the story and George M. Arthur the scenario. Lewis J. Selznick produced it for Selznick Pictures. Select Pictures distributed it. The working title was Duty and the Woman. It opened at Loew's New York Theatre on November 3, 1919.
Themes
Making
Selznick Pictures shot it under the title Duty and the Woman. Exhibitors Herald and Motography reported the release title as The Glorious Lady on September 6, 1919.
Look
Lewis W. Physioc photographed the five-reel feature.
Preservation
A copy survives at the Nederlands Filmmuseum.
Notes
- Olive Thomas plays Ivis Benson. Matt Moore plays the Duke of Loame. Evelyn Brent plays Lady Eileen.
- Marie Burke is the dowager duchess. Huntley Gordon is Lord Chettington. Robert Taber, not the stage actor who died in 1904, plays Dr. Neuman.
- It was Olive Thomas's third starring film for Selznick.
- A copy is held by the Nederlands Filmmuseum.
Scenes
- Ivis pulls the Duke of Loame off the ground after his horse throws him.
Also available
- Nederlands Filmmuseum (surviving print)
