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Irene (1926 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Irene' is a 1926 American silent romantic comedy film starring Colleen Moore, and partially shot in Technicolor. The film was directed by Alfred E. Green, produced by Moore's husband John McCormick, and based on the musical 'Irene' written by James Montgomery with music and lyrics by Harry Tierney and Joseph McCarthy.
As reported in the book and documentary film 'The Celluloid Closet', actor George K. Arthur plays a flamboyant gay man in the film named "Madame Lucy".[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016999/ IMDB entry]
Cast
Production
The scenes which were shot in Technicolor cost a total amount of $100,000. The total budget of the film was $1,500,000.
This was the fourth of five films, in three years, with Moore and Hughes starring in the lead roles. They also appeared together in 'The Huntress' (1923), 'Sally' (1925), 'The Desert Flower' (1925) and 'Ella Cinders' (1926).
This was the final film of actress Marion Aye, who started appearing on film in 1919 as one of the uncredited Sennett Bathing Beauties. She continued to work in vaudeville and committed suicide in 1951.[http://marionaye.blogspot.com/2015/11/marion-ayes-story.html Marion Aye] at marionaye.blogspot.com
Preservation status
The film exists with the Technicolor sequences intact.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/I/Irene1926.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'Irene'] at silentera.com'Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress', p. 90, c.1978 by the American Film Institute)
See also
*List of early color feature films
References
*Jeff Codori (2012), 'Colleen Moore; A Biography of the Silent Film Star', [https://web.archive.org/web/20110804231956/http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-4969-9 McFarland Publishing], (Print , EBook ).
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