The Splendid Crime
1926 film
- January 4, 1926 (1926-01-04)
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The Splendid Crime is a 1926 American crime drama film directed by William C. deMille and starring Bebe Daniels. Famous Players–Lasky produced and Paramount Pictures distributed.[1]
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,[2] Jenny, a young woman who is the leader of a band of crooks, is put on the straight road by Bob Van Dyke, a young man whose house she was attempting to rob. Later, the young man who caused Jenny to reform her life becomes involved in a shady transaction. The young woman after she learns this takes action and saves him from his indiscretion. The pair eventually fall in love and become honestly successful.
Cast
- Bebe Daniels as Jenny
- Neil Hamilton as Bob Van Dyke
- Anne Cornwall as Beth Van Dyke
- Anthony Jowitt as John Norton
- Fred Walton as Dugan
- Lloyd Corrigan as Kelly
- Mickey McBan as The Kid
- Josephine Crowell as Mary
- Marcelle Corday as Madame Denise
Preservation
With no prints of The Splendid Crime located in any film archives,[3] it is a lost film.[4]
References
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Splendid Crime, AFI Catalog of Feature Films Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- ^ "New Pictures: The Splendid Crime". Exhibitors Herald. 24 (3). Chicago: Exhibitors Herald Co.: 81 January 2, 1926. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Splendid Crime, Library of Congress. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- ^ The Splendid Crime at Lost Film Files: Paramount Pictures - 1926 Retrieved November 18, 2022.
External links
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Films directed by William C. deMille
- The Only Son (1914)
- The Ragamuffin (1916)
- The Blacklist (1916)
- The Sowers (1916)
- The Clown (1916)
- Common Ground (1916)
- Anton the Terrible (1916)
- The Heir to the Hoorah (1916)
- Hashimura Togo (1917)
- The Ghost House (1917)
- The Secret Game (1917)
- The Widow's Might (1918)
- One More American (1918)
- The Honor of His House (1918)
- Mirandy Smiles (1918)
- The Mystery Girl (1918)
- Peg o' My Heart (1919)(*never released)
- The Tree of Knowledge (1920)
- Jack Straw (1920)
- The Prince Chap (1920)
- Conrad in Quest of His Youth (1920)
- Midsummer Madness (1921)
- What Every Woman Knows (1921)
- The Lost Romance (1921)
- After the Show (1921)
- Miss Lulu Bett (1921)
- Bought and Paid For (1922)
- Nice People (1922)
- Clarence (1922)
- The World's Applause (1923)
- Grumpy (1923)
- Only 38 (1923)
- The Marriage Maker (1923)
- Don't Call It Love (1923)
- Icebound (1924)
- The Bedroom Window (1924)
- The Fast Set (1924)
- Locked Doors (1925)
- Men and Women (1925)
- Lost: A Wife (1925)
- New Brooms (1925)
- The Splendid Crime (1926)
- The Runaway (1926)
- For Alimony Only (1926)
- The Little Adventuress (1927)
- Craig's Wife (1928)
- Tenth Avenue (1928)
- The Doctor's Secret (1929)
- Midnight Life (1929)
- The Idle Rich (1929)
- This Mad World (1930)
- Passion Flower (1930)
- Two Kinds of Women (1932)
- His Double Life (1933)
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