Her Sister from Paris
Her Sister from Paris is a 1925 American silent comedy film based upon the play, "The Twin Sister" by Ludwig Fulda. It was directed by Sidney Franklin and stars Constance Talmadge, Ronald Colman, and George K. Arthur.[1] Unlike many silent films, it is still extant.
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| Directed by | Sidney Franklin |
| Produced by | Joseph M. Schenck |
| Written by | Hanns Kräly |
| Based on | The Twin Sister by Ludwig Fulda |
| Starring | Constance Talmadge Ronald Colman George K. Arthur |
| Cinematography | Arthur Edeson |
| Edited by | Hal C. Kern |
Production company | Joseph M. Schenck Productions |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The film's sets were designed by the art director William Cameron Menzies while the costumes were by Adrian working on his first production.
Synopsis
In Vienna a famous novelist and his wife have an argument and she leaves to go and stay with her mother. At the railway station she meets her identical twin, a celebrated dancer in Paris, who agrees to play a trick on her husband to help rekindle their marriage. Before long both the novelist and his friend, an official at the British Embassy, have fallen in love with her.
Cast
- Constance Talmadge as Helen Weyringer / La Perry
- Ronald Colman as Joseph Weyringer
- George K. Arthur as Robert Well
- Gertrude Claire as Anna - the Housekeeper
- Mario Carillo as The King
- Ellinor Vanderveer as Theatre Patron
References
- Jacobs p. 121
Bibliography
- Lea Jacobs. The Decline of Sentiment: American Film in the 1920s. University of California Press, 2008.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Her Sister from Paris. |
- Her Sister from Paris on IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Kramer, Fritzi, Her Sister from Paris (1925) A Silent Film Review at moviessilently.com