Kildare of Storm (1918)
Drama | 16 September 1918
Director:
Harry L. FranklinWriters:
Jere Looney, June MathisProduction Company:
Metro Pictures Corp.The copyright entry gives the film's title as Kildares of Storm, the same name as the underlying novel by Eleanor Mercein Kelly. Exhibitors Trade Review listed Yorke Film Corp. as the producing company, while all other sources credited Metro Pictures Corp.
Edwin Carewe was initially attached to direct, and his brother Finis Fox, was set to assist him, as announced in the 22 June 1918 Motography and 13 July 1918 Motion Picture News. However, an illness prevented him from working on the project and he was replaced by Harry L. Franklin, as reported in the 5 July 1918 Variety. The 29 June 1918 Motography noted that principal photography was set to take place at the Biograph Studio in the Bronx neighborhood of New York City. Location shooting also took place at a residence in Rye, NY; as indicated by a 10 August 1918 Motion Picture News brief, this residence may have been the home of a Major Parsons, then stationed in France with the American Aviation Corps.
Following the film’s release on 16 September 1918, a review in the 24 September 1918 Wid’s Daily suggested that the picture’s dark subject material would not be popular with audiences, specifically citing “the wife-beating incidents and other depressing spots all through the story.” For its release in Chicago, IL, the Chicago Board of Censors required the following cuts be made: “Reel 1, two close-ups of baby in crib to include first kidnaping scene. Reel 4, two close-ups of men fighting on ground.”
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this title on its ...
The copyright entry gives the film's title as Kildares of Storm, the same name as the underlying novel by Eleanor Mercein Kelly. Exhibitors Trade Review listed Yorke Film Corp. as the producing company, while all other sources credited Metro Pictures Corp.
Edwin Carewe was initially attached to direct, and his brother Finis Fox, was set to assist him, as announced in the 22 June 1918 Motography and 13 July 1918 Motion Picture News. However, an illness prevented him from working on the project and he was replaced by Harry L. Franklin, as reported in the 5 July 1918 Variety. The 29 June 1918 Motography noted that principal photography was set to take place at the Biograph Studio in the Bronx neighborhood of New York City. Location shooting also took place at a residence in Rye, NY; as indicated by a 10 August 1918 Motion Picture News brief, this residence may have been the home of a Major Parsons, then stationed in France with the American Aviation Corps.
Following the film’s release on 16 September 1918, a review in the 24 September 1918 Wid’s Daily suggested that the picture’s dark subject material would not be popular with audiences, specifically citing “the wife-beating incidents and other depressing spots all through the story.” For its release in Chicago, IL, the Chicago Board of Censors required the following cuts be made: “Reel 1, two close-ups of baby in crib to include first kidnaping scene. Reel 4, two close-ups of men fighting on ground.”
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this title on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021.
Because her mother wishes it, Kate Leigh marries Basil Kildare, the wealthy owner of a Southern plantation called Storm. His servant Mahaly, the mother of his illegitimate son, protests his infidelity so bitterly that Basil takes the child away from her. Kate soon finds that her new husband is a coarse and brutal alcoholic and seeks comfort in the friendship of Dr. Jacques Benoix and his mother. When Basil obtains a note written from his wife to Jacques, he finds the doctor and engages him in a brutal fight. After Basil is found dead, Jacques is sentenced to life in prison, but some years later, owing to Kate's unceasing efforts on his behalf, he is granted a pardon. On her deathbed, Mahaly confesses that she killed Basil, leaving Kate and Jacques to begin a new life ...
Because her mother wishes it, Kate Leigh marries Basil Kildare, the wealthy owner of a Southern plantation called Storm. His servant Mahaly, the mother of his illegitimate son, protests his infidelity so bitterly that Basil takes the child away from her. Kate soon finds that her new husband is a coarse and brutal alcoholic and seeks comfort in the friendship of Dr. Jacques Benoix and his mother. When Basil obtains a note written from his wife to Jacques, he finds the doctor and engages him in a brutal fight. After Basil is found dead, Jacques is sentenced to life in prison, but some years later, owing to Kate's unceasing efforts on his behalf, he is granted a pardon. On her deathbed, Mahaly confesses that she killed Basil, leaving Kate and Jacques to begin a new life together.
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