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The Rendezvous (1923 film)

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'The Rendezvous' is a 1923 American silent adventure melodrama film with comedic overtones directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Richard Travers, Conrad Nagel, Lucille Ricksen, and Syd Chaplin. It was produced and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures.[https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/11630? The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: 'The Rendezvous']

Plot



As described in a film magazine review, in the Russian Empire, Prince Sergei and his wife Varvara are exiled to Siberia by the Tsar Nicholas II. Varvara dies giving birth to a daughter, Vera, who is left in a friend's care by the father. 18 years later, Cossacks raid the country. Walter Stanford, an officer in the American Expeditionary Force, Siberia, rescues Vera from a Cossack raid at a shrine, but she is forced to wed a Cossack chief. After the chief is killed, Vera and Stanford are united and they marry.

Cast



Production



The film was shot in San Francisco and Los Angeles using real-life U.S. Army soldiers as extras.

Preservation status



This is a surviving silent film preserved by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2769/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'The Rendezvous']

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