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The Bright Shawl
Also known as O Chale Brilhante in Brazil
(1923) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels
Directed by John S. Robertson

Cast: Richard Barthelmess [Charles Abbott], Dorothy Gish [La Clavel], Jetta Goudal [La Pilar], William Powell [Gaspar De Vaca], Mary Astor [Narcissa Escobar], André de Béranger (André Beranger) [Andre Escobar], E.G. Robinson (Edward G. Robinson) [Domingo Escobar], Margaret Seddon [Carmencita Escobar], Anders Randolf [Captain Cesar Y Santacilla], Luis Alberni [Vincente Escobar], George Humbert [Jaime Quintara], Julian Rivero [a soldier]

Inspiration Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by Associated First National Pictures, Incorporated [A John S. Robertson Production]. / Produced by Charles H. Duell. Scenario by Edmund Goulding, from the novel The Bright Shawl by Joseph Hergesheimer. Art direction by Everett Shinn. Cinematography by George J. Folsey. Film editor, William Hamilton. / Premiered 9 April 1923. Released 22 April 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot in Cuba. Robinson’s film debut; Powell’s fourth film; Astor’s eighth film. The film was released in Finland on 21 September 1924. The film was released in France on 17 October 1924.

Drama: Historical.

Survival status: Print exists in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive [35mm positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Cuba - History: USA: Spanish-American War (1898)

Listing updated: 2 September 2018.

References: Katchmer-Eighty pp. 20-21; Pitts-Hollywood p. 215; Quirk-Powell pp. 18, 40-43, 53; Sherwood-Best p. 158; Vermilye-Twenties p. 57; Weaver-Twenty p. 145 : ClasIm-302 p. 10 : Website-IMDb.

 
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