Fair Lady (film)

Fair Lady
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Kenneth Webb
Produced by	Whitman Bennett
Written by	Dorothy Farnum (scenario)
Based on	The Net by Rex Beach
Starring	Betty Blythe Thurston Hall Robert Elliott
Cinematography	Harry Stradling Edward Paul
Distributed by	United Artists
Release dates	March 19, 1922 (1922-03-19)
Running time	70 minutes, 7 reels (6,400 feet)
Country	United States
Language	Silent English intertitles

Fair Lady is a 1922 American silent film directed by Kenneth Webb. The film stars Betty Blythe, Thurston Hall and Robert Elliott. The film was based on the novel The Net by Rex Beach. It is not known whether the film currently survives.^[1]

Plot

In Sicily, Count Martinello is assassinated by Cardi and his mafia group on what would have been his wedding day. His bride to be, Countess Margherita, gets word of this from American Norvin Blake, who fails to protect her from Cardi, who wants her for his own. Later, Margherita and Norvin meet in New Orleans, where he declares his love for her.

Recognizing Gian Norcone as the group leader that killed the count, Norvin has him arrested after getting into a fight with him. Caesar Maruffi, a supposed friend and admirer who suits Margherita, is discovered to be Cardi. In the middle of a fight between Cardi and Norvin, Cardi is stabbed by Lucrezia, Margherita's maid. In the end, Norvin finally wins Margherita.^[2]^[3]

Cast

On location in New Orleans: Kenneth Webb, (director, center), Betty Blythe, Robert Elliott, (extreme right)

Betty Blythe as Countess Margherita
Thurston Hall as Italian banker
Robert Elliott as Norvin Blake
Gladys Hulette as Myra Nell Drew
Florence Auer as Lucrezia
Walter James as Gian Norcone
Macey Harlam as Count Modene
Henry Leone as Ricardo
Effingham Pinto as Count Martinello
Arnold Lucy as Uncle Bernie Drew

References

↑ Fair Lady at silentera.com
↑ Film Fun, May 1922, Vol. 35, No. 397, p.51
↑ The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1961-1970. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. p. 323. ISBN 0-520-20970-2

External links

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Fair Lady at the American Film Institute Catalog
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