Forbidden Fruit
(1921) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Agnes Ayres [Mary Maddock], Clarence Burton [Steve Maddock], Theodore Roberts [James Harrington Mallory], Kathlyn Williams [Mrs. Mallory], Forrest Stanley [Nelson Rogers], Theodore Kosloff [Pietro Giuseppe], Shannon Day [Nadia Craig], Bertram Johns [John Craig], Julia Faye [Mrs. Mallory’s first maid], Lillian Leighton [Mrs. Mallory’s second maid], Ethel Wales [Mrs. Mallory’s secretary], Conrad Nagel [an actor in the Forbidden Fruit play], Margaret Loomis [an actress in the Forbidden Fruit play], William Boyd [a billiards player], Winter Hall
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation [It’s a Paramount Picture]. / Produced by Cecil B. DeMille. Scenario by Jeanie Macpherson, from the film scenario The Golden Chance by Jeanie Macpherson and Cecil B. DeMille. Production supervision by Howard Higgin. Costume design by Mitchell Leisen, Clare West and Natacha Rambova. Cinematography by Alvin Wyckoff. Film editor, Anne Bauchens. Presented by Jesse L. Lasky. / Released 12 February 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Production cost $340,000.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists in the George Eastman Museum film archive [35mm positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 12 January 2024.
References: Bardèche-History p. 204; Bohn-Light pp. 81, 90; MoPicAlmanac-1929 p. 11; Sweeney-Coming p. 26; Webb-Hollywood p. 114 : Website-GEM.
Home video: DVD.
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