The Chorus Lady (1924 film)

The Chorus Lady is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Margaret Livingston, Alan Roscoe, and Virginia Lee Corbin.[1][2] It is based on the play of the same name by James Forbes, which was previously filmed in 1915 as The Chorus Lady.

The Chorus Lady
Still with Margaret Livingston
Directed byRalph Ince
Written byBradley King
Based onThe Chorus Lady
by James Forbes
StarringMargaret Livingston
Alan Roscoe
Virginia Lee Corbin
CinematographyGlen Gano
Production
company
Regal Pictures
Distributed byProducers Distributing Corporation
Release date
  • November 23, 1924 (1924-11-23)
Running time
7 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Plot

Entertainer Patricia O'Brien (Livingston) is engaged to Dan Mallory (Roscoe), who races horses. When his prize horse "Lady Belle" is blinded in a fire, the wedding is postponed. Patricia returns to New York City with her younger sister Nora (Corbin) to work in the Follies. Dan enters his blind horse in a $20,000 race and wins, so he goes to New York City to finish the wedding. Things go awry when he finds Patricia in the apartment of Dick Crawford (McCullough). However, it turns out that she went there to rescue her younger sister Nora.[3]

Cast

Preservation

The Chorus Lady is considered to be a lost film.[4]

References
  1. Darby, p. 800.
  2. Progressive Silent Film List: The Chorus Lady at silentera.com
  3. Lussier, p. 96.
  4. National Film Preservation Board list of lost films, 2016

Bibliography
  • Darby, William (1991). Masters of Lens and Light: A Checklist of Major Cinematographers and Their Feature Films. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-2454-6
  • Lussier, Tim (2018). "Bare Knees" Flapper: The Life and Films of Virginia Lee Corbin. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-7568-8.


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