Purity

Purity (1916)

Purity, a simple country girl, comes to the city and is hired as an artist's model. A young poet becomes obsessed with her, and is distraught when he learns she has been posing nude. But his distress is diminished when he finds that she intends to use her income from modelling to publish his poetry.

Date of release
1916-07-23
TMDB
2.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 10m
Genres
Drama
Director
Rae Berger

Casting

Interesting facts

Purity is a 1916 American seven-reel silent drama film, directed by Rae Berger and starring Audrey Munson, an artist's model who posed for many statues in New York City and the 1915 San Francisco Panama–Pacific International Exposition. The film's plot was written by Clifford Howard, art direction was by Edward Langley, and choreography was by Geneva Driscoll. The film's nude scenes caused it to be banned and preached against in some towns.

Production

Purity was produced by the American Film Company (known as the "Flying "A" Studios") based in Santa Barbara, California. The film was shot on the estate of Francis Townsend Underhill in Santa Barbara and was distributed by Mutual Film.

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