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The Woman of Bronze
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Wikipedia article
'The Woman of Bronze' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by King Vidor and distributed through Metro Pictures. It is based on a 1920 Broadway play by Henry Kistemaeckers (adapted by Paul Kester) which starred Margaret Anglin, John Halliday, and Mary Fowler.[http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=8978 'The Woman of Bronze' as produced on Broadway at the Frazee Theatre, September 7, 1920-April 1921, 252 performances; IBDb.com database] The film version is considered to be lost.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/W/WomanOfBronze1923.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'The Woman of Bronze'] at silentera.com
Plot
Vivian (Clara Kimball Young), a long-suffering wife, endures her artist husbands infidelity with Sylvia (Kathryn McGuire), his young model. Leonard (Lloyd Whitlock) redeems himself when he recognizes the spiritual character of his wife. Vidor considered the film out of my line.Durgnat and Simmon 1988 p. 340: Thumbnail synopsis provided. The young artist discovers his wife Vivians soul
Cast
* Clara Kimball Young as Vivian Hunt
* John Bowers as Paddy Miles
* Kathryn McGuire as Sylvia Morton
* Edwin Stevens as Reggie Morton
* Lloyd Whitlock as Leonard Hunt
* Edward Kimball as Papa Bonelli
Production
During the filming of A Woman of Bronze Vidor was invited to join Samuel Goldwyn Productions, with whom he would make two pictures: 'Three Wise Fools' (1923) and 'Wild Oranges' (1924).Durgnat and Simmon 1988 p. 26
Reception
A heavy emotional drama as reported by Moving Picture World, 14 April 1923) Durgnat and Simmon 1988 p. 340
Footnotes
References
*Durgnat, Raymond and Simmon, Scott. 1988. 'King Vidor, American.' University of California Press, Berkeley.
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