The Fear Market (1920)
Drama | 17 January 1920
Cast:
Alice Brady, Frank Losee, Harry Mortimer [ More ]Director:
Kenneth WebbWriter:
Clara BerangerProduction Company:
Realart Pictures Corp.Items in the 27 July 1919 Camera and 4 August 1919 Wid’s Daily reported that actress Ethel Clayton and director Robert G. Vignola began filming a picture titled The Fear Market in early August 1919. It is unclear if this earlier production had any relation to the picture that was released, which ultimately starred Alice Brady and was directed by Kenneth Webb for the newly established Realart Picture Corp., whose mandate, as noted in the 22 November 1919 Motion Picture News, was to produce “stories based on successful books and plays.”
The 8 November 1919 Wid’s Daily announced that filming had ended. Principal photography likely took place in New York City, as indicated by a news brief in the 22 November 1919 Motion Picture News. Theatrical release followed on 17 January 1920, with some regional openings occurring earlier.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this picture on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021. ...
Items in the 27 July 1919 Camera and 4 August 1919 Wid’s Daily reported that actress Ethel Clayton and director Robert G. Vignola began filming a picture titled The Fear Market in early August 1919. It is unclear if this earlier production had any relation to the picture that was released, which ultimately starred Alice Brady and was directed by Kenneth Webb for the newly established Realart Picture Corp., whose mandate, as noted in the 22 November 1919 Motion Picture News, was to produce “stories based on successful books and plays.”
The 8 November 1919 Wid’s Daily announced that filming had ended. Principal photography likely took place in New York City, as indicated by a news brief in the 22 November 1919 Motion Picture News. Theatrical release followed on 17 January 1920, with some regional openings occurring earlier.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this picture on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021.
Major Stone, the secret owner of Society Chatter, a scurrilous blackmailing sheet, is surprised when his daughter Sylvia returns unexpectedly from Italy to fight the paper which caused the suicide of her friend, Laura Hill. Sylvia, unaware that her own father is the malefactor behind the scandal sheet, enlists the aid of Oliver Ellis, the publisher of a reputable newspaper. To retaliate against Ellis, Stone orders his henchman Jim Carson to "get something" on the publisher. Late one night Carson sees a woman dressed in costume visit Ettare Forni, a grand opera singer, and assumes that the woman is Ellis's sister, Milly. When Carson tries to blackmail Ellis with the information, he is trapped into revealing that Stone is the mysterious villain. Sylvia is shocked and Stone is chagrinned into forsaking the scandal sheet. Sylvia then forgives her father and marries ...
Major Stone, the secret owner of Society Chatter, a scurrilous blackmailing sheet, is surprised when his daughter Sylvia returns unexpectedly from Italy to fight the paper which caused the suicide of her friend, Laura Hill. Sylvia, unaware that her own father is the malefactor behind the scandal sheet, enlists the aid of Oliver Ellis, the publisher of a reputable newspaper. To retaliate against Ellis, Stone orders his henchman Jim Carson to "get something" on the publisher. Late one night Carson sees a woman dressed in costume visit Ettare Forni, a grand opera singer, and assumes that the woman is Ellis's sister, Milly. When Carson tries to blackmail Ellis with the information, he is trapped into revealing that Stone is the mysterious villain. Sylvia is shocked and Stone is chagrinned into forsaking the scandal sheet. Sylvia then forgives her father and marries Ellis.
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