A Fallen Idol (1919)
Drama | 18 May 1919
The 22 Feb 1919 Motion Picture News reported that the company of the provisionally titled Loved Redeemed had left earlier that week for location filming in Florida. Among the cast were Al Miles, Ed Becker, and Margaret Clancy. More than two months later, the 26 Apr 1919 Moving Picture World announced the official title as The Fallen Idol. Florida locations were identified as Jacksonville and Miami.
According to the 17 May 1919 Motion Picture News, assistant director John Kellette contributed lyrics to the song, “Fallen Idols,” written by Richard A. Whiting and Alfred Bryan in honor of the film. The publisher was Jerome H. Remick & Co.
A Fallen Idol opened 18 May 1919 to mixed critical notices. While the 26 Oct 1919 Wid’s Daily dismissed the film as “very wild, artificial and generally unsatisfactory,” the 31 May 1919 Motion Picture News considered its depiction of a successful interracial marriage to be groundbreaking. Actors Evelyn Nesbit and Sidney Mason were both of Caucasian descent.
The story bore no relation to The Fallen Idol, a play by Guy Bolton, which the 21 Feb 1920 Exhibitors Herald reported as an upcoming production for Metro Pictures. ...
The 22 Feb 1919 Motion Picture News reported that the company of the provisionally titled Loved Redeemed had left earlier that week for location filming in Florida. Among the cast were Al Miles, Ed Becker, and Margaret Clancy. More than two months later, the 26 Apr 1919 Moving Picture World announced the official title as The Fallen Idol. Florida locations were identified as Jacksonville and Miami.
According to the 17 May 1919 Motion Picture News, assistant director John Kellette contributed lyrics to the song, “Fallen Idols,” written by Richard A. Whiting and Alfred Bryan in honor of the film. The publisher was Jerome H. Remick & Co.
A Fallen Idol opened 18 May 1919 to mixed critical notices. While the 26 Oct 1919 Wid’s Daily dismissed the film as “very wild, artificial and generally unsatisfactory,” the 31 May 1919 Motion Picture News considered its depiction of a successful interracial marriage to be groundbreaking. Actors Evelyn Nesbit and Sidney Mason were both of Caucasian descent.
The story bore no relation to The Fallen Idol, a play by Guy Bolton, which the 21 Feb 1920 Exhibitors Herald reported as an upcoming production for Metro Pictures.
Princess Laone, a Hawaiian composer, visits Santa Barbara, CA, as the protégée of society matron Mrs. Parrish. The princess falls in love with her patron's nephew, Keith Parrish, but foolishly heeds Mrs. Parrish's advice not to wed outside of her race. Laone rejects Keith's proposal, then attempts to drown herself. Keith rescues her, then leaves for New York City to see his dying father. When he returns, he finds that Laone has left for Hawaii with playboy and smuggler Stephen Brainard after Mrs. Parrish convinced the princess that Keith had deserted her. Keith arrives in Hawaii and is rejected again by Laone, who is ashamed to admit that she was forced to have sex with Brainard aboard his yacht, to avoid being gang-raped by the crew. After Keith is arrested for stealing a sacred necklace that was smuggled by Brainard, Laone returns to the yacht for proof of Keith's innocence. After a fight, Laone summons the harbor patrol, and Brainard is arrested with the incriminating evidence. Laone and Keith are wed soon ...
Princess Laone, a Hawaiian composer, visits Santa Barbara, CA, as the protégée of society matron Mrs. Parrish. The princess falls in love with her patron's nephew, Keith Parrish, but foolishly heeds Mrs. Parrish's advice not to wed outside of her race. Laone rejects Keith's proposal, then attempts to drown herself. Keith rescues her, then leaves for New York City to see his dying father. When he returns, he finds that Laone has left for Hawaii with playboy and smuggler Stephen Brainard after Mrs. Parrish convinced the princess that Keith had deserted her. Keith arrives in Hawaii and is rejected again by Laone, who is ashamed to admit that she was forced to have sex with Brainard aboard his yacht, to avoid being gang-raped by the crew. After Keith is arrested for stealing a sacred necklace that was smuggled by Brainard, Laone returns to the yacht for proof of Keith's innocence. After a fight, Laone summons the harbor patrol, and Brainard is arrested with the incriminating evidence. Laone and Keith are wed soon after.
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