Cast:
Irene Rich, Monte Blue, Marc MacDermott [ More ]Director:
Jack ConwayWriters:
Bertram Millhauser, Sada Cowan, Kathleen NorrisProduction Company:
Warner Brothers PicturesOn 10 Feb 1923, Exhibitors Trade Review announced that Harry Rapf would produce a film version of Kathleen Norris’s novel, Lucretia Lombard, for Warner Bros. Seven weeks later, a 30 Mar 1923 FD news item indicated that writer Sada Cowan had completed the script. A 5 May 1923 Exhibitors Herald news brief anticipated that production would begin “soon.” Three months later, an item in the Aug 1923 AmCin indicated that cinematographer David Abel was about to begin filming the Warner Bros. picture. However, whether or not Abel actually served as director of photography on Lucretia Lombard remains unknown.
A 16 Sep 1923 FD news item noted that actors Monte Blue and Irene Rich had recently completed filming exteriors in Big Bear, CA. Sometime around the start of production, Warner Bros. changed the picture’s title to Loveless Marriages. However, within a matter of weeks, the title reverted back to Lucretia Lombard, as noted in a 6 Oct 1923 Moving Picture World announcement that the film was nearing completion at Warner Studios.
According to a 29 Oct 1923 FD article, Lucretia Lombard was scheduled for release on 18 Nov 1923. Various contemporary reviews, including the 15 Dec 1923 Exhibitors Herald and 22 Dec 1923 Moving Picture World, remarked on the unusual strategy of releasing the film under two titles: Lucretia Lombard and Flaming Passion. Exhibitors were given press materials to complement either title. ...
On 10 Feb 1923, Exhibitors Trade Review announced that Harry Rapf would produce a film version of Kathleen Norris’s novel, Lucretia Lombard, for Warner Bros. Seven weeks later, a 30 Mar 1923 FD news item indicated that writer Sada Cowan had completed the script. A 5 May 1923 Exhibitors Herald news brief anticipated that production would begin “soon.” Three months later, an item in the Aug 1923 AmCin indicated that cinematographer David Abel was about to begin filming the Warner Bros. picture. However, whether or not Abel actually served as director of photography on Lucretia Lombard remains unknown.
A 16 Sep 1923 FD news item noted that actors Monte Blue and Irene Rich had recently completed filming exteriors in Big Bear, CA. Sometime around the start of production, Warner Bros. changed the picture’s title to Loveless Marriages. However, within a matter of weeks, the title reverted back to Lucretia Lombard, as noted in a 6 Oct 1923 Moving Picture World announcement that the film was nearing completion at Warner Studios.
According to a 29 Oct 1923 FD article, Lucretia Lombard was scheduled for release on 18 Nov 1923. Various contemporary reviews, including the 15 Dec 1923 Exhibitors Herald and 22 Dec 1923 Moving Picture World, remarked on the unusual strategy of releasing the film under two titles: Lucretia Lombard and Flaming Passion. Exhibitors were given press materials to complement either title.
Loveless Marriages
Lucretia Morgan marries elderly Sir Allen Lombard, who becomes a dissolute, chair-ridden drug addict and dies after a few years from an overdose of narcotics. She falls in love with District Attorney Stephen Winship, who reciprocates but, at his father's request, marries Mimi, ward of the Winships. Fate brings the two (Stephen and Lucretia) together after a "series of stirring sequences" culminating in Mimi's death when a dam bursts during a forest ...
Lucretia Morgan marries elderly Sir Allen Lombard, who becomes a dissolute, chair-ridden drug addict and dies after a few years from an overdose of narcotics. She falls in love with District Attorney Stephen Winship, who reciprocates but, at his father's request, marries Mimi, ward of the Winships. Fate brings the two (Stephen and Lucretia) together after a "series of stirring sequences" culminating in Mimi's death when a dam bursts during a forest fire.
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