Tiger Rose
About Tiger Rose
Trooper Michael Devlin of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police saves Rose Bocion, an orphan in the care of factor Hector McCollins. Rose falls in love with Bruce Norton, who has killed the man who betrayed his sister and caused his father's death. With help from Dr. Cusick, later revealed as the husband of Norton's sister, Rose gets Norton away. Devlin arrests him. Norton is freed and marries Rose.
Cast & crew
More about Tiger Rose
Sidney Franklin directed. Edmund Goulding and Millard Webb wrote the scenario from the play by Willard Mack and David Belasco. Belasco produced. Warner Bros. released the eight-reel film on December 9, 1923. Worldwide rentals were $505,000, of which $466,000 was domestic and $39,000 foreign.
Themes
Making
Ulric came to the picture from the Belasco stage production. Charles Rosher photographed it.
Look
Charles Rosher was the cinematographer.
Music
Silent, with English intertitles.
Preservation
The Silent Era database lists a surviving print. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Lenore Ulric repeats her Broadway role as Rose Bocion, called Tiger Rose.
- Forrest Stanley plays Michael Devlin. Theodore von Eltz plays Bruce Norton.
- Sam De Grasse is Dr. Cusick. Claude Gillingwater is Hector McCollins.
- Joseph J. Dowling plays Father Thibault, and George Beranger plays Pierre.
- George Fitzmaurice directed a 1929 sound remake, again titled Tiger Rose.
- The Silent Era database lists the 1923 film as surviving.
Scenes
- Devlin saves Rose Bocion.
- Rose helps Norton escape after he kills the man who wronged his family.
- Devlin arrests Norton, who is later freed and marries Rose.
Influenced by
- Willard Mack and David Belasco's play Tiger Rose
Influenced
- Tiger Rose (1929)
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Tiger Rose (1923).webm)
