Slave of Desire (1923)
Allegory | 4 October 1923
Cast:
George Walsh, Bessie Love, Carmel Myers [ More ]Director:
George D. BakerWriters:
Charles E. Whittaker, Alice D. G. MillerCinematographer:
John BoyleProduction Companies:
Achievement Films, Inc., Goldwyn PicturesThe 14 Apr 1923 Motion Picture News reported that director George D. Baker and scenarist Charles Whittaker were preparing the continuity for The Magic Skin, to be produced at the Goldwyn Studios by Achievement Films, Inc.
An item in the 7 Jul 1923 Camera mentioned that former child actor Yale Boss had just finished working the Baker in The Magic-Skin.
The story was originally filmed in 1915 under the English translation of Balzac's story, The Magic Skin (see entry). ...
The 14 Apr 1923 Motion Picture News reported that director George D. Baker and scenarist Charles Whittaker were preparing the continuity for The Magic Skin, to be produced at the Goldwyn Studios by Achievement Films, Inc.
An item in the 7 Jul 1923 Camera mentioned that former child actor Yale Boss had just finished working the Baker in The Magic-Skin.
The story was originally filmed in 1915 under the English translation of Balzac's story, The Magic Skin (see entry).
The Magic-Skin
Poet Raphael Valentin meets the vampish Russian Countess Fedora, who makes him successful overnight, then rejects him. An antiquarian gives him a piece of magic leather that will grant every wish. The poet becomes rich and famous again, destroys Countess Fedora, and is about to die because he is a "slave of desire" when a girl he once loved but deserted saves ...
Poet Raphael Valentin meets the vampish Russian Countess Fedora, who makes him successful overnight, then rejects him. An antiquarian gives him a piece of magic leather that will grant every wish. The poet becomes rich and famous again, destroys Countess Fedora, and is about to die because he is a "slave of desire" when a girl he once loved but deserted saves him.
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