His Hour

His Hour (1924)

Gritzko, a prince of pre-World War I Russia, is the ultimate ladies' man. Women fall at his feet -- all except for a young but cold British widow, Tamara Loraine. While she's spurning his advances, Tamara is growing ever more fascinated with Gritzko.

Date of release
1924-09-29
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 10m
Genres
Drama
Director
King Vidor

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $595K
  • Budget: $197K
  • Earned 3× its budget

His Hour is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by King Vidor. This film was the follow-up to Samuel Goldwyn's Three Weeks, written by Elinor Glyn, and starring Aileen Pringle, one of the biggest moneymakers at the time of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer amalgamation.

Production

His Hour marked the first of five pictures that John Gilbert and King Vidor would make together for M-G-M.

Adapted from a 1910 novel by Elinor Glyn, an author of torrid romances chic in the 19th century, His Hour was Vidor's attempt to tap into the popularity of Jazz Age "flaming-youth" pictures dealing with marital infidelity.

The movie includes many titillating seduction scenes, one of which was deemed too salacious for release.

Produced under the strictures of the new Production Code, producer Louis B. Mayer censured Vidor for incorporating some of Glyn's “hot-cheeked” depictions of sexual decadence.

A former officer of the Russian Imperial Army, by now living in Los Angeles, served as a technical adviser on the film. His actual name has not been confirmed; however, the studio press releases referred to him as Mike Mitchell. This film marked the first of four times that John Gilbert and King Vidor would work together.

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