Lorna Doone (1922 film)

Lorna Doone
Poster
Directed byMaurice Tourneur
Written byKatherine S. Reed
Cecil G. Mumford
Maurice Tourneur
Wyndham Gittens
Based onLorna Doone
by Richard Doddridge Blackmore
Produced byMaurice Tourneur
Thomas H. Ince
StarringMadge Bellamy
John Bowers
Frank Keenan
Jack McDonald
CinematographyHenry Sharp
Music byMari Iijima (2001 remaster)
Distributed byAssociated First National Pictures
Release dates
  • October 1, 1922 (1922-10-01) (Cleveland)
  • December 3, 1922 (1922-12-03) (New York City)
Running time
7 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Lorna Doone (1922)

Lorna Doone is a 1922 American silent drama film based upon Richard Doddridge Blackmore's 1869 novel of the same name.[1] Directed by French director Maurice Tourneur in the United States, the film starred Madge Bellamy and John Bowers.[2]

This is one of many film adaptations of the novel. It was filmed twice before in 1912 in England for Clarendon, and in 1915 for the American Biograph Company.[3] Other later adaptations include 1934 and 1951 films, and 1990 and 2001 television movies.

  1. ^ "Lorna Doone". BFI. Archived from the original on November 8, 2014.
  2. ^ "Lorna Doone (1922) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  3. ^ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". silentera.com.