She kills him and weds his business manager sterling, but a detective learns about silas death. While ambling along the beach, peasant maiden marcia manot geraldine farrar finds the devil stone, a cursed emerald that originally belonged to a viking queen. Demille and cowritten by his mother beatrice demille and his sometime lover. When judson discovers marcias role in the death, she pleads selfdefense and returns the emerald to the church, thus ridding herself of the curse of the devilstone. Alamo drafthouse cinema, regal stonefield 14 and imax, violet. Marcia doesnt realize the emeralds value, but mercenary american silas martin tully marshall does, and to get possession of the. This movie is a typical struggle between good and evil but with comedy and romance running through it. The film was shot in technicolor and vistavision, the story takes. Demille and cowritten by his mother beatrice demille and his sometime lover jeanie macpherson and starring geraldine farrar. Sadly, only two of six reels are known to survive, in the american film institute collection at the library of congress.
Greedy american silas martin marries her, then sets her up for divorce. Demille on allmovie this typically overbaked cecil b. Demille, but he was seriously ill by the time the 1958 version was made, so he was only the executive producer of that version, leaving his then soninlaw, anthony quinn, to direct. The devilstone is een amerikaanse dramafilm uit 1917 onder regie van cecil b. Prodotto e distribuito dalla famous playerslasky corporation, il film usci nelle sale il 16 dicembre 1917. I hope to be able to find and add as many silent film synopsis of films that have a survival status of unknown or presumed. Fishermaid marcia manot finds an emerald which once belonged to a norse queen and is cursed.
See more ideas about movies, good movies and i movie. Sam mendes 1917 follows two british soldiers racing against the clock. The film had sequences filmed in the handschiegl color process billed as the demillewyckoff process only two of six reels are known to survive, in the american film institute collection at. Demille, with geraldine farrar, wallace reid, hobart bosworth, at turner classic movies. Charlton heston played a supporting role as andrew jackson, the second time that heston played jackson, having portrayed him earlier in the 1953 film the presidents lady. The highlight of the film is an all too brief, precensorship view of hell and its condemned souls taken from the 1924 film and modified for this sound production. The film had sequences filmed in the handschiegl color process billed as the demillewyckoff process. Demille, starring geraldine farrar, wallace reid, tully marshall and hobart bosworth. Gli interpreti erano geraldine farrar e wallace reid. The film had sequences filmed in the handschiegl color process billed as the demillewyckoff process only two of six reels are known to survive, in the american film. Michelle pfeiffer, angelina jolie, chiwetel ejiofor, and elle fanning in maleficent. Overview of the devil stone, 1917, directed by cecil b. The devilstone is a 1917 american silent romance film directed by cecil b. The devilstone was had sequences filmed in the handschiegl color process billed as the demillewyckoff process.
Demille opus takes place off the seacoast of brittany. Marcia doesnt realize the emeralds value, but mercenary american silas martin tully marshall does, and to get possession of the gem he. The buccaneer is a 1958 piratewar film made by paramount pictures starring yul brynner as jean lafitte, charles boyer and claire bloom. With geraldine farrar, wallace reid, hobart bosworth, tully marshall. Hayworth appears in an early role as a dancer, but for the 1940 rerelease she was given star billing. The 1938 version was produced and directed by cecil b.
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