Dark Secrets (1923)
Melodrama | 5 February 1923
Cast:
Dorothy Dalton, Robert Ellis, José Ruben [ More ]Director:
Victor FlemingWriters:
Edmund Goulding, Edmund GouldingCinematographer:
Harold RossonProduction Company:
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.Victor Fleming was set to begin directing Dorothy Dalton in several days in a film temporarily called Black Fury, the 7 Oct 1922 Motion Picture News reported. According to an item in the 4 Nov 1922 Motion Picture News, a few days were spent shooting "a fashionable garden party" at the Edgar Luckenbach estate at Sands Point, Long Island, NY. ... More Less
Victor Fleming was set to begin directing Dorothy Dalton in several days in a film temporarily called Black Fury, the 7 Oct 1922 Motion Picture News reported. According to an item in the 4 Nov 1922 Motion Picture News, a few days were spent shooting "a fashionable garden party" at the Edgar Luckenbach estate at Sands Point, Long Island, NY. More Less
Long Island socialite Ruth Rutherford, crippled as a result of being thrown from a horse, breaks her engagement to Lord Wallington. Dejected, Wallie returns to his regiment in Egypt and sinks into dissipation. Ruth hears of his plight and also goes to Egypt, where she meets Dr. Mohammed Ali. Ali cures her lameness in return for Ruth's agreeing to become his wife, but Biskra, Ruth's servant, kills Ali before he can collect. Even from death Ali's power over Ruth returns her to her wheelchair until she jumps up to save Wallington from an attack feigned by ... + −
Long Island socialite Ruth Rutherford, crippled as a result of being thrown from a horse, breaks her engagement to Lord Wallington. Dejected, Wallie returns to his regiment in Egypt and sinks into dissipation. Ruth hears of his plight and also goes to Egypt, where she meets Dr. Mohammed Ali. Ali cures her lameness in return for Ruth's agreeing to become his wife, but Biskra, Ruth's servant, kills Ali before he can collect. Even from death Ali's power over Ruth returns her to her wheelchair until she jumps up to save Wallington from an attack feigned by Biskra. + −
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