Painted Daughters
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Marie Lorraine
| Painted Daughters | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | F. Stuart-Whyte |
| Based on | Florodora |
| Starring | Zara Clinton Marie Lorraine |
| Cinematography | Lacey Percival |
Production company | Australasian Films (Master Pictures) |
| Distributed by | Union Theatres |
Release date |
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Running time | 6,000 feet (est.) |
| Country | Australia |
| Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
| Budget | £4,000[1][2] |
Painted Daughters is a 1925 Australian silent film directed F. Stuart-Whyte. Only part of it survives today.
In England, Mary Elliott and Courtland Nixon are lovers and dancing partners in a stage show called Florodora. Mary leaves Courtland and marries a wealthy admirer, who soon goes bankrupt and kills himself, leaving Mary to raise their daughter, Maryon. Courtland becomes a successful businessman.
Maryon grows up to become a dancer. A theatrical press agent, Ernest, reunites the cast of Floradora and Courtland is reunited with Mary. There is a fire in which both Mary and Courtland are injured, but they survive and decide to get married. So too do Maryon and Ernest.
Cast
- Zara Clinton as Mary Elliott
- Nina Devitt as Maryon Fielding
- Billie Sim as Rita Railton
- Marie Lorraine as Evelyn Shaw
- Loretta May as Sheila Kay
- Fernande Butler as Nina Walcott
- Lucille Lisle as Olive Lennox
- Peggy Pryde as wardrobe mistress
- Belle Bates as Salvation Nell
- Phyllis du Barry as Saharab
- Rawdon Blandford as Courtland Nixon
- Martin Walker as Warren Fielding
- William O'Hanlon as Ernest Glenning
- Compton Coutts as Harry Selby
- Billy Ryan as Eric Thurston
- Herbert Walton as Harry Gratton
- Grafton Williams as Edward Thayne
- Roland Conway as Charles Dailey
- Louis Witts as Peter Flynn
- S Hackett as Flash
Production
The movie was the first in a series of films produced by Australasian Films and released through Union Pictures under the banner of "Master Pictures". It was part of an attempt by Australasian Films and Union Theatres, led by Stuart F. Doyle, to make world-class films for the international market. He ended up spending over £100,000 on developing a new studio at Bondi and making a series of features from 1925 to 1928. For this first movie, Australasian decided to import a director from overseas.[1]
F. Stuart-Whyte, a Scotsman who worked in Hollywood for fifteen years, including as assistant on Douglas Fairbanks Films, was hired.[3] He arrived in Sydney in November 1924 to commence pre-production.[4][5]
The movie was shot in a studio at Rushcutters Bay in Sydney with former Hollywood star Louise Lovely assisting with screen testing.[6] The majority of cast and crew were Australian,[7] but the cast included British music hall star Peggy Pryde, who was then living in Australia.[8] Zara Fielding had been in Hollywood for four years.[9]
During production, a portion of the movie worth £600 was stolen from the production office at the studuo at Rushcutter's Bay.[10] Other accounts said 2,000 feet of footage.[11] The thief was revealed to be a small boy and the footage was returned.[12]