Wild Honey

Wild Honey (1922)

THE BURSTING OF A DAM AND THE TERRIBLE SWEEPING FLOOD- SCENES THAT YOU WILL NEVER FORGET IN ALL YOUR LIVES

Lady Vivienne is implicated in a murder as a result of refusing the romantic suit of Henry Porthen. Years later, in South Africa, she encounters the man she suspects of the murder.

Date of release
1922-03-06
TMDB
10.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 10m
Genres
Adventure, Drama, Romance
Director
Wesley Ruggles

Casting

Interesting facts

Wild Honey is a 1922 American silent romantic adventure film directed by Wesley Ruggles. Produced and distributed by the Universal Film Manufacturing Company, the film is based on a book of the same title by Cynthia Stockley and stars Priscilla Dean, and features Noah Beery, Sr. and Wallace Beery in supporting roles. It is notable for the first use of a traveling matte special effect.

Production

Cynthia Stockley's novel Wild Honey was purchased by Universal in 1921 with Priscilla Dean already in mind. Brothers Wallace and Noah Beery appeared for the first time in the same feature film.

This was the first film in which a traveling matte process (called the "Williams process" after its inventor) was used. The action of the players was filmed against a black screen, and a scene in miniature of a bursting dam and consequent flood was filmed separately, then the two were combined by the process.

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