Kildare of Storm

Kildare of Storm is a lost[1] 1918 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Metro Pictures and directed by Harry L. Franklin. It stars Broadway actress Emily Stevens.[2] June Mathis and Jere F. Looney provided the scenario.

Newspaper add.
Kildare of Storm
Film's promotion in Exhibitors Herald
Directed byHarry L. Franklin
P. Thad Volkman (ass't director)
Produced byMaxwell Karger
Written byJune Mathis
Jere F. Looney
Based onKildares of Storm
by Eleanor Mercein Kelly
StarringEmily Stevens
King Baggot
CinematographyArthur Martinelli
Production
company
Distributed byMetro Pictures
Release date
  • September 16, 1918 (1918-09-16)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film magazine,[3] Kate (Stevens), urged on by her ambitious mother (Lindroth), weds Basil Kildare (Baggot), the last of the famous Kildares of Kentucky, and goes to Storm, the family estate, to live. Her husband proves to be a beast, and Kate and Dr. Jacques Benoix (Kent), Basil's best friend, fall in love despite their mutual knowledge that they should not. When Basil is slain, Jacques is convicted of murder. He is pardoned after five years and devotes his life to curing the sick at a mountain sanitarium. Mahaly (Short), former housekeeper to the Kildares, comes to the sanitarium and confesses on her deathbed that it was she that slew Basil because he had wronged her. Exonerated before the world, Dr. Benoix feels justified in claiming his happiness with Kate.

Cast

Reception

Like many American films of the time, Kildare of Storm was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required a cut, in Reel 1, two closeups of baby in crib to include the first kidnapping scene, and, Reel 4, two closeups of men fighting on the ground.[4]

References
  1. "Kildare Of Storm". Memory.loc.gov. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  2. "Kildare of Storm (1918) - Harry L. Franklin - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  3. "Reviews: Kildare of Storm". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 7 (15): 33. October 5, 1918.
  4. "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 7 (18): 43. October 26, 1918.
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