A Society Scandal

A Society Scandal is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Allan Dwan, and starring Gloria Swanson and Rod La Rocque. Distributed by Paramount Pictures, the film is based on a 1922 play The Laughing Lady, by Alfred Sutro which starred Ethel Barrymore in 1923 on Broadway and originally in 1922 with Edith Evans in UK.[1][2][3][4][5]

A Society Scandal
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Directed by	Allan Dwan
Written by	Forrest Halsey
Based on	The Laughing Lady by Alfred Sutro
Starring	Gloria Swanson Rod La Rocque
Cinematography	Harold Rosson
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	March 9, 1924 (1924-03-09)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Paramount refilmed the story in 1929 as The Laughing Lady an early talkie for Ruth Chatterton.

Cast

Gloria Swanson as Marjorie Colbert
Rod La Rocque as Daniel Farr
Ricardo Cortez as Harrison Peters
Allan Simpson as Hector Colbert
Ida Waterman as Mrs. Maturin Colbert
Thelma Converse as Mrs. Hamilton Pennfield
Catherine Coleburn as Friend of Marjorie
Catherine Proctor as Mrs. Burr
Wilfred Donovan as Hamilton Pennfield
Yvonne Hughes as Patricia DeVoe
Marie Shelton as Friend of Marjorie
Dorothy Stokes as Friend of Marjorie
Cornelius Keefe as Friend of Marjorie
Fraser Coalter as Schuyler Burr

Preservation

With no copies of A Society Scandal located in any film archives,[6] it is a lost film.

References

Hudson, Richard M.; Lee, Raymond (1970). Gloria Swanson. A. S. Barnes. p. 166.
Swanson, Gloria (1981). Swanson On Swanson. Pocket Books. p. 220. ISBN 0-671-43354-7.
The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: A Society Scandal
'Progressive Silent Film List: 'A Society Scandal at silentera.com
The Laughing Lady as produced on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre February 1923 to May 1923, 96 performances; IBDb.com
The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: A Society Scandal

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to A Society Scandal.

Films directed by Allan Dwan
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1920s	The Luck of the Irish (1920) The Scoffer (1920) The Forbidden Thing (1920) A Splendid Hazard (1920) A Perfect Crime (1921) The Sin of Martha Queed (1921) A Broken Doll (1921) The Hidden Woman (1922) Robin Hood (1922) Lawful Larceny (1923) Zaza (1923) Big Brother (1923) A Society Scandal (1924) Manhandled (1924) Her Love Story (1924) Wages of Virtue (1924) Argentine Love (1924) The Coast of Folly (1925) Night Life of New York (1925) Stage Struck (1925) Sea Horses (1926) Padlocked (1926) Tin Gods (1926) Summer Bachelors (1926) The Music Master (1927) The Joy Girl (1927) East Side, West Side (1927) French Dressing (1927) The Big Noise (1928) The Iron Mask (1929) Tide of Empire (1929) The Far Call (1929) Frozen Justice (1929) South Sea Rose (1929)
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1940s	Frontier Marshal (1939) Sailor's Lady (1940) Young People (1940) Trail of the Vigilantes (1940) Look Who's Laughing (1941) Rise and Shine (1941) Friendly Enemies (1942) Here We Go Again (1942) Around the World (1943) Abroad with Two Yanks (1944) Up in Mabel's Room (1944) Brewster's Millions (1945) Getting Gertie's Garter (1945) Rendezvous with Annie (1946) Calendar Girl (1947) Northwest Outpost (1947) Driftwood (1947) The Inside Story (1948) Angel in Exile (1948) Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
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1960s	Most Dangerous Man Alive (1961)

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