Scarlet Saint

Scarlet Saint
Film poster
Directed by	George Archainbaud
Written by	Eugene Clifford Jack Jungmeyer John W. Krafft
Produced by	Earl Hudson
Starring	Mary Astor Lloyd Hughes Frank Morgan
Cinematography	George J. Folsey
Edited by	Arthur Tavares
Production company	First National Pictures
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date	November 8, 1925 (1925-11-08)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Scarlet Saint, also known as The Scarlet Sinner,[1] is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, and Frank Morgan.[2][3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Milton Menasco.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[4] a young woman who as a girl was betrothed to an Austrian baron decides on the eve of the wedding that she cannot marry the titled man because she is in love with a young American. The baron tricks the other man into a duel and forces the woman into marriage to save the younger man from a long term in jail. After a long period of struggle to retain his wife, the baron at length releases her and wishes her happiness with the American.

Cast

• Mary Astor as Fidele Tridon
• Lloyd Hughes as Philip Collett
• Frank Morgan as Baron Badeau
• Jed Prouty as Mr. Tridon
• John Raymond as Josef
• George Neville as The Trainer
• Frances Miller as Cynthia
• Wes Jenkins as Butler

Preservation

With no prints of Scarlet Saint located in any film archives,[5] it is a lost film.

References

1. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Scarlet Sinner
2. Lowe p.1849
3. Progressive Silent Film List: Scarlet Saint at silentera.com
4. "New Pictures: The Scarlet Saint", Exhibitors Herald, 23 (9), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 58, November 21, 1925, retrieved November 9, 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
5. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Scarlet Saint

Bibliography

• Lowe, Denise. An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930. Routledge, 2014.

External links

• Scarlet Saint at IMDb