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Clara Bow (left), Esther Ralston and Gary Cooper.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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Children of Divorce
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Frank Lloyd + [Josef von Sternberg]
Cast: Clara Bow [Kitty Flanders], Esther Ralston [Jean Waddington], Gary Cooper [Ted Larrabee], Einar Hanson [Prince Ludovico (Vico) de Saxe], Norman Trevor [Duc de Goncourt], Hedda Hopper [Katherine Flanders], Edward Martindel [Thomas Larrabee], Joyce Coad [Kitty Flanders, as a child], Yvonne Pelletier [Jean Waddington, as a child], Don Marion [Ted Larrabee, as a child]; Julia Swayne Gordon [Princess de Saxe], Tom Ricketts [secretary], Albert Gran [Mr. Seymour], Iris Stuart [Mousie], Margaret Campbell [mother superior], Percy Williams [Manning]
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation [A Frank Lloyd Production; A Paramount Picture]. / Produced by E. Lloyd Sheldon. Associate producer, B.P. Schulberg. Scenario by Hope Loring and Louis D. Lighton, from the novel Children of Divorce by Owen Johnson (Owen McMahon Johnson). Costume design by Travis Banton. Photographed (cinematography) by Norbert Brodine and Victor Milner. Editor-in-chief, E. Lloyd Sheldon. Intertitles written by Alfred Hustwick. Presented by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. / Released 25 April 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Josef von Sternberg (uncredited) directed the reshooting of some of this film, including the death scene. / Silent film.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 28 March 2024.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Brownlow-Parade pp. 192, 205, 580; Drew-Speaking pp. 188, 201-202, 284; Sarris-Sternberg p. 13; Vermilye-Twenties p. 166; Weaver-Twenty p. 57 : ClasIm-225 p. 16; ClasIm-305 p. 15.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
Streaming: Amazon.
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