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The Blonde Saint
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Wikipedia article
'The Blonde Saint' is a 1926 American silent romantic adventure film directed by Svend Gade. It was produced by Sam E. Rork and released through First National Pictures. Lewis Stone and Doris Kenyon star and young newcomer Gilbert Roland is featured.
Plot
The plot of the film bears a striking resemblance to the plot of the Warner Brothers talkie, 'One Way Passage' (1932). This silent appears to have been more exotic.
Cast
Production
Producer Rork's 19-year-old daughter, Ann Rork, has a major role in the film as she has in her father's later produced 'The Notorious Lady' (1927). Lewis Stone also returned in 'The Notorious Lady'.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/BlondeSaint1926.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'The Blond Saint'] at silentera.com'The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30' by The American Film Institute, c.1971[http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arnefirstnational.html 'The Blonde Saint' at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: 'First National Pictures' 1926]
This was the final film of screenwriter Marion Fairfax. She and producer Rork had formed a partnership to make films in 1925, but, following the completion 'The Blonde Saint' and a severe illness, she left film making and then wrote only for periodicals.
Preservation
An abridged and or incomplete version of survives in the British Film Institute National Film and Television Archive, London.[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.220/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'The Blonde Saint']
References
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