The Lady

The Lady (1925)

A young woman marries the wastrel son of a British aristocrat. Her husband, who has been disinherited by his father, loses what little money he has left gambling in casinos and then dies, leaving her penniless and with an infant son. When her former father-in-law tries to get custody of the child, she leaves him with a couple she trusts, but when she later goes to reclaim her son, she can't find the people she left him with.

Date of release
1925-02-08
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
Drama
Director
Frank Borzage

Casting

Interesting facts

The Lady is a 1925 American silent drama film starring Norma Talmadge and directed by Frank Borzage. Talmadge's own production company produced the film with distribution by First National Pictures.

Production

Like many of Talmadge's silent films of the 1920s, The Lady is derived from a stage play. The play, The Lady, ran on Broadway from December 4, 1923, to February 1924 at Charles Frohman's Empire Theatre. The play was produced by A. H. Woods. Mary Nash played Talmadge's part of Polly Pearl and Elizabeth Risdon played Fanny Le Clare which, in the film, was played by Doris Lloyd.

The Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, formed by the film industry in 1922, regulated the content of films through a list of subjects that were to be avoided. While Norma Talmadge portrayed a prostitute in The Lady, this was acceptable under the rules as prostitution was not explicitly barred so long as it was not forced (i.e., white slavery) and aspects of her work was not shown in the film.

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