Beyond the Rainbow
| Beyond the Rainbow | |
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| Directed by | Christy Cabanne |
| Written by | Loila Brooks Christy Cabanne Solita Solano Eustace Hale Ball |
| Starring | Harry T. Morey Billie Dove Clara Bow |
| Studio | Robertson-Cole Pictures |
| Running time | 6-7 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent film English intertitles |
Beyond the Rainbow (1922) is an American silent film starring Billie Dove and Harry T. Morey. The film is also notable as the first film actress Clara Bow appeared in.[1]
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[edit] Synopsis
Virginia Gardner, a flapper girl, is left out of a fashionable party thrown by her mother (Helen Ware). To get revenge, she plays a joke by passing out notes to some of the guests reading, "Consult your conscience. Your secret is common gossip." This message sends a number of people into a panic during the party, and a shot rings out, wounding one of the men. When the mystery is cleared up, Marion Taylor (Billie Dove) and Edward Mallory (Harry Morey) have fallen in love.[2]
[edit] Clara Bow's first film appearance
After entering a beauty and acting magazine sponsored contest, Bow was declared national winner and got a part in this film. She did five scenes, but was cut, at least from the copy she viewed back home in Brooklyn. She was devastated and put temporarily her acting ambitions aside.[3] However, newspaper advertisements and editorial comments during the pictures lifespan 1922/1923 suggests she was not cut at all, at least not from the main release:
- "Two famous beauty contest winners, Virginia Lee and Clara Bow, have important roles in William Christy Cabanne´s big drama "Beyond the Rainbow"[4]
- "The feminine characters form a galaxy of beauty, Lillian (Billie) Dove has a wealth of brunette loveliness and makes an attractive contrast to the other two beauties, Virginia Lee and Clara Bow, both blondes and both beauty contest winners".[5]
According to Internet Movie Database, a 16mm print of this film is in the collection of the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
[edit] Cast
- Harry T. Morey
- Billie Dove
- Diana Allen
- James Harrison
- Macey Harlam
- Rose Coghlan
- George Fawcett
- Marguerite Courtot
- Edmund Breese
- Walter Miller
- Charles Craig
- Clara Bow
- Huntley Gordon[6]
- Helen Ware
[edit] References
- ^ Beyond the Rainbow at the silentera.com database
- ^ Synopsis at NY Times Movie Database
- ^ Photoplay magazine (February 1928)
- ^ Oakland Tribune, June 5, 1922
- ^ Weekly Variety, November 10, 1922
- ^ Beyond the Rainbow (1922) - Full cast and crew
