The Woman of Bronze
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The Woman of Bronze is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by King Vidor and distributed through Metro Pictures. It is based on a 1920 Broadway play by Henry Kistemaeckers (adapted by Paul Kester) which starred Margaret Anglin, John Halliday, and Mary Fowler.[1] The film version is considered to be lost.[2][3]
Plot
Vivian (Clara Kimball Young), a long-suffering wife, endures her artist husband’s infidelity with Sylvia (Kathryn McGuire), his young model. Leonard (Lloyd Whitlock) redeems himself when he recognizes the spiritual character of his wife. Vidor considered the film “out of my line.”[4]
Cast
- Clara Kimball Young as Vivian Hunt
- John Bowers as Paddy Miles
- Kathryn McGuire as Sylvia Morton
- Edwin Stevens as Reggie Morton
- Lloyd Whitlock as Leonard Hunt
- Edward Kimball as Papa Bonelli
Production
During the filming of A Woman of Bronze Vidor was invited to join Samuel Goldwyn Productions, with whom he would make two pictures: Three Wise Fools (1923) and Wild Oranges (1924).[5]
Reception
“A heavy emotional drama” as reported by Moving Picture World, 14 April 1923) [6]
Footnotes
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- ↑ The Woman of Bronze as produced on Broadway at the Frazee Theatre, September 7, 1920-April 1921, 252 performances; IBDb.com database
- ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: The Woman of Bronze at silentera.com
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- ↑ Durgnat and Simmon 1988 p. 340: Thumbnail synopsis provided. The young artist discovers his wife Vivian’s “soul”
- ↑ Durgnat and Simmon 1988 p. 26
- ↑ Durgnat and Simmon 1988 p. 340
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References
- Durgnat, Raymond and Simmon, Scott. 1988. King Vidor, American. University of California Press, Berkeley. Template:ISBN
External links
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- Stills at silenthollywood.com
- Stills at silentfilmstillarchive.com
- Film still at stanford.edu
- Lobby card at impawards.com
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- 1923 films
- 1923 drama films
- 1923 lost films
- Silent American drama films
- American silent feature films
- American black-and-white films
- American films based on plays
- Films directed by King Vidor
- Lost American drama films
- Metro Pictures films
- 1920s American films
- 1920s English-language films
- Films based on works by Henry Kistemaeckers
- English-language drama films