The Tree of Knowledge (1920 film)

The Tree of Knowledge
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Directed by	William C. deMille
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky
Written by	Margaret Turnbull (scenario)
Based on	The Tree of Knowledge by R. C. Carton
Starring	Robert Warwick Kathlyn Williams Wanda Hawley
Cinematography	L. Guy Wilky
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	January 18, 1920
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Tree of Knowledge is a lost^[1] 1920 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by William C. deMille and starred Robert Warwick. It is based on an 1898 play, The Tree of Knowledge, by R.C. Carton.^[2]^[3]

In a prologue to the film involving a Garden of Eden scene, Yvonne Gardelle appears nude as Lilith to tempt Adam, who was played by dancer Theodore Kosloff.^[4] The two actors of the prologue were promoted in print advertisements for the film.^[5]

Plot

After living with adventuress Belle (Williams) in Paris, Nigel (Warwick) proposes, but she rejects him for a wealthier suitor. Nigel returns to England, where his friend Brian (Forman) hires him to manage his estate. Nigel falls in love with Brian's ward Monica (Hawley). Brian travels to Paris and meets Belle. Unaware of her past, Brian marries her, and, when they return to England, Belle says nothing when they meet her ex-lover Nigel. Belle, who had only married for money, then discovers that Brian's family is bankrupt, and begins an affair with Roupelle (Cummings). After Nigel discovers that she is planning to elope, he prevents the betrayal, but their prior affair is revealed to Brian. However, Monica forgives him for his transgressions.^[6]^[7]

Cast

Theodore Kosloff as Adam
Yvonne Gardelle as Lilith
Robert Warwick as Nigel Stanyon
Kathlyn Williams as Belle
Wanda Hawley as Monica
Tom Forman as Brian
Winter Hall as Siur Mostyn Hollingsworth
Irving Cummings as Loftus Roupelle
Loyola O'Connor as Mrs. Stanyon
Clarence Geldart as The Baron
William H. Brown as Swedle

References

↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Tree of Knowledge
↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988
↑ The Tree of Knowledge as produced on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre, January 24, 1898; IBDb.com
↑ Robertson, Patrick (2004). Guinness Book of Movie Facts and Feats. Abbeville Press. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-558592360.
↑ Mantle, Burns (April 1920). "The Shadow Stage: The Tree of Knowledge". Photoplay. Chicago: Photoplay Publishing Company. 17 (5): 106. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
↑ Langman, Larry (1998), American Film Cycles: The Silent Era, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, p. 352, ISBN 0-313-30657-5
↑ Exhibitor's Press Book

External links

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The Tree of Knowledge at the Internet Movie Database
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Exhibitor's Press Book with detailed plot, ads, and posters, at silentfilmstillarchive.com

Films directed by William C. deMille

1910s	The Only Son (1914) The Ragamuffin (1916) The Blacklist (1916) The Sowers (1916) The Clown (1916) Common Ground (1916) Anton the Terrible (1916) The Heir to the Hoorah (1916) Hashimura Togo (1917) The Ghost House (1917) The Secret Game (1917) The Widow's Might (1918) One More American (1918) The Honor of His House (1918) Mirandy Smiles (1918) The Mystery Girl (1918) Peg o' My Heart (1919)

1920s	The Tree of Knowledge (1920) Jack Straw (1920) The Prince Chap (1920) Conrad in Quest of His Youth (1920) Midsummer Madness (1921) What Every Woman Knows (1921) The Lost Romance (1921) After the Show (1921) Miss Lulu Bett (1921) Bought and Paid For (1922) Nice People (1922) Clarence (1922) The World's Applause (1923) Grumpy (1923) Only 38 (1923) The Marriage Maker (1923) Don't Call It Love (1923) Icebound (1924) The Bedroom Window (1924) The Fast Set (1924) Locked Doors (1925) Men and Women (1925) Lost: A Wife (1925) New Brooms (1925) The Splendid Crime (1926) The Runaway (1926) For Alimony Only (1926) The Little Adventuress (1927) Craig's Wife (1928) Tenth Avenue (1928) The Doctor's Secret (1929) The Man Higher Up (1929) The Idle Rich (1929)

1930s	Passion Flower (1930) Two Kinds of Women (1932) His Double Life (1933)

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