Irene (1926 film)
Irene is a 1926 American silent romantic comedy film starring Colleen Moore, and partially shot in Technicolor. The film was directed by Alfred E. Green, produced by Moore's husband John McCormick (1893-1961), and based on the musical Irene written by James Montgomery with music and lyrics by Harry Tierney and Joseph McCarthy.
| Irene | |
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 Lobby card | |
| Directed by | Alfred E. Green |
| Produced by | John McCormick |
| Written by | June Mathis Rex Taylor George Marion, Jr. (titles) |
| Based on | Irene by James Montgomery |
| Starring | Colleen Moore Lloyd Hughes George K. Arthur |
| Music by | Harry Tierney Joseph McCarthy |
| Cinematography | Ted D. McCord |
| Edited by | Edwin Robbins |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
| Budget | $1,500,000[1] |
As reported in the book and documentary film The Celluloid Closet, actor George K. Arthur plays a flamboyant gay man in the film named "Madame Lucy".[2]
Cast
- Colleen Moore as Irene O'Dare
- Lloyd Hughes as Donald Marshall
- George K. Arthur as Madame Lucy
- Maryon Aye as Helen Cheston
- Ida Darling as Mrs. Warren Marshall
- Edward Earle as Larry Hadley
- Bess Flowers as Jane Gilmour
- Betty Francisco as Cordelia Smith (Uncredited)
- Cora Macey as Mrs. Gilmour
- Charles Murray as Pa O'Dare
- Eva Novak as Eleanor Hadley
- Kate Price as Ma O'Dare
- Laurence Wheat as Bob Harrison
- Lydia Yeamans Titus as Mrs. Cheston
Production
The scenes which were shot in Technicolor cost a total amount of $100,000. The total budget of the film was $1,500,000.[1]
This was the final film of actress Marion Aye, a former Mack Sennett bathing beauty, who committed suicide in 1951.[3]
See also
References
- Dutch film magazine Het Weekblad: Cinema & Theater #145
- IMDB entry
- Marion Aye Archived 2015-11-17 at the Wayback Machine at marionaye.blogspot.com
- Progressive Silent Film List: Irene at silentera.com
- Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 90, c.1978 by the American Film Institute)
- Jeff Codori (2012), Colleen Moore; A Biography of the Silent Film Star, McFarland Publishing, (Print ISBN 978-0-7864-4969-9, EBook ISBN 978-0-7864-8899-5).
External links
- Irene on IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Color lobby poster
- Stills of Colleen Moore (1900 - 1988) at virtual-history.com
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