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St. Elmo (1923 American film)

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Wikipedia article




'St. Elmo' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Jerome Storm. Distributed by Fox Film Corporation, the film is based on the 1867 novel of the same name written by Augusta Jane Evans.

Plot



When St. Elmo Thornton catches his fiance Agnes in the arms of his best friend Murray Hammond, he shoots Hammond and decides to travel around the world in hopes of forgetting women. Upon returning, he meets Edna, the blacksmith's daughter who is living with his minister. In the end, St. Elmo becomes a minister and marries Edna.

Cast



Production



During the filming of 'St. Elmo', John Gilbert and Barbara La Marr had an "intense sexual affair".

A British adaptation of the same source material was made the same year.

Preservation



With no prints of 'St. Elmo' located in any film archives,[http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9501/default.html Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: 'St. Elmo'] it is a lost film.

See also



* List of lost films

* 1937 Fox vault fire

References




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