A Roman Scandal

A Roman Scandal (1919)

Mary and her steady, Jack, have differing opinions on "the stage"-- Mary wishes to devote her life to the craft, while Jack strives to settle down and leave all that play-acting behind. When a traveling troupe that performs a Fall-of-Roman epic is ordered to strike, both Mary and Jack are called upon to participate in their stead.

Date of release
1919-11-30
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
24m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Al Christie

Casting

Interesting facts

A Roman Scandal is a 1919 American short silent comedy film starring Colleen Moore, and directed by Al Christie. A print of A Roman Scandal exists.

Background

Moore went to work with Al Christie to develop her comedy skills. Prior to her work with Christie, she was strictly a dramatic actress. In her autobiography Silent Star, she said she had read a quote that the greatest dramatic actresses had gotten their starts in comedy.

The film, a two-reel short, played with several other longer features at the various other venues where it was exhibited, such as with Anne of Green Gables, a Mary Miles Minter film, and with Cosmo Hamilton's The Miracle of Love at the Rivoli Rialto Theater in New York.

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