Without Benefit of Clergy
Without Benefit of Clergy is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by James Young and featuring Boris Karloff.[1] It is based on the story by Rudyard Kipling.[2] A print of the film still exists.[3][4]
| Without Benefit of Clergy | |
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.jpg.webp) Film still with Thomas Holding and Virginia Brown Faire | |
| Directed by | James Young |
| Produced by | Robert Brunton |
| Written by | Randolph Lewis |
| Based on | Without Benefit of Clergy by Rudyard Kipling |
| Starring | Nigel De Brulier Virginia Brown Faire |
| Cinematography | Jack Okey |
Production company | Robert Brunton Productions |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot
As summarized in a review,[5] Holden, a young English engineer in India, falls in love with the native girl Ameera, so he buys her from her mother. They live together very happily until their baby son dies. Later Ameera dies during a cholera plague.
Cast
- Nigel De Brulier as Pir Khan
- Virginia Brown Faire as Ameera
- Boris Karloff as Ahmed Khan
- Percy Marmont
- Thomas Holding as Holden
- Evelyn Selbie as Ameera's mother
- Ruth Cummings as Alice Sanders (credited as Ruth Sinclair)
- Philippe De Lacy as Tota (uncredited)
- Otto Lederer as Aghan (uncredited)
- Herbert Prior as Hugh Sanders (uncredited)
See also
References
- "Progressive Silent Film List: Without Benefit of Clergy". Silent Era. Retrieved April 6, 2008.
- Harold Bloom, ed. Rudyard Kipling. Chelsea House, 2004.
- Without Benefit of Clergy, silentera.com, retrieved December 13, 2013
- "Without Benefit of Clergy". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
- "Plenty of Atmosphere in Undramatic Story", The Film Daily, p. 3, June 26, 1921, retrieved December 13, 2013
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