Wild Honey (1918)
Western | 9 December 1918
Cast:
Doris Kenyon, Frank Mills, Edgar Jones [ More ]Director:
Francis J. GrandonWriter:
Louis Joseph VanceProduction Company:
De Luxe Pictures, Inc.The 21 Aug 1918 issue of Wid’s Daily announced Wild Honey as the third production for actress Doris Kenyon’s company, De Luxe Pictures, Inc. Filming was scheduled to begin on 9 Sep 1918 in Staten Island, NY, according to a 4 Sep 1918 Wid’s Daily brief. Exterior scenes in Staten Island were set to be followed by interior shooting at Biograph Studios in the Bronx borough of New York City, and additional exteriors in the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York. The 21 Sep 1918 Motion Picture News stated that a company of 150 people and fifty horses would travel to the Adirondacks for shooting there. Production ended by mid-Oct 1918, as indicated by the 26 Oct 1918 Motion Picture News.
A Los Angeles, CA, release was initially scheduled for 28 Oct 1918; however, due to the influenza epidemic, the issue date was moved to 9 Dec 1918, as noted in the 26 Oct 1918 Motion Picture News.
Items in the 11 Aug 1919 and 18 Aug 1919 Wild’s Daily announced the sale of foreign distribution rights for the following territories: France, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Czecho-Slovakia, Jugo-Slovakia, Bulgaria, Roumania, Greece, Turkey, and Chile. ...
The 21 Aug 1918 issue of Wid’s Daily announced Wild Honey as the third production for actress Doris Kenyon’s company, De Luxe Pictures, Inc. Filming was scheduled to begin on 9 Sep 1918 in Staten Island, NY, according to a 4 Sep 1918 Wid’s Daily brief. Exterior scenes in Staten Island were set to be followed by interior shooting at Biograph Studios in the Bronx borough of New York City, and additional exteriors in the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York. The 21 Sep 1918 Motion Picture News stated that a company of 150 people and fifty horses would travel to the Adirondacks for shooting there. Production ended by mid-Oct 1918, as indicated by the 26 Oct 1918 Motion Picture News.
A Los Angeles, CA, release was initially scheduled for 28 Oct 1918; however, due to the influenza epidemic, the issue date was moved to 9 Dec 1918, as noted in the 26 Oct 1918 Motion Picture News.
Items in the 11 Aug 1919 and 18 Aug 1919 Wild’s Daily announced the sale of foreign distribution rights for the following territories: France, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Czecho-Slovakia, Jugo-Slovakia, Bulgaria, Roumania, Greece, Turkey, and Chile.
Concerned that she will ruin the Rev. David Warwick's career by marrying him, actress Letty Noon accompanies her fiancé to the home of Pastor and Mrs. Holbrook to seek advice. In answer to their question, the old parson narrates the story of young Jim Brown, a minister who resolves to reform the rough miners in a small Western town. His strength and dedication deeply impress the townspeople, but his sermons seem to have little effect on "Wild Honey," a dance hall girl who resents his constant admonitions. Wild Honey secretly loves Rev. Brown, however, and after she impulsively kisses him, he forgets his preaching and thinks only of her. One of Wild Honey's jealous suitors frames the reverend for murder, but she clears his name and, later that night, tells the parson of her love. Hearing her declaration, another rejected suitor attempts to shoot Rev. Brown, but Wild Honey shields him and is seriously wounded. The reverend then takes her to another town, where they happily grow old ...
Concerned that she will ruin the Rev. David Warwick's career by marrying him, actress Letty Noon accompanies her fiancé to the home of Pastor and Mrs. Holbrook to seek advice. In answer to their question, the old parson narrates the story of young Jim Brown, a minister who resolves to reform the rough miners in a small Western town. His strength and dedication deeply impress the townspeople, but his sermons seem to have little effect on "Wild Honey," a dance hall girl who resents his constant admonitions. Wild Honey secretly loves Rev. Brown, however, and after she impulsively kisses him, he forgets his preaching and thinks only of her. One of Wild Honey's jealous suitors frames the reverend for murder, but she clears his name and, later that night, tells the parson of her love. Hearing her declaration, another rejected suitor attempts to shoot Rev. Brown, but Wild Honey shields him and is seriously wounded. The reverend then takes her to another town, where they happily grow old together.
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