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The Call of the Blood = L'Appel du sang : [incomplete]

Item number (ISN):

130078

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1919

Item number (ISN):

130078

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CLARKE, David

Accession:

1989-0241

Media:

Film

Original title:

L'Appel du sang

Part:

6 of 7

Production date:

1919

Release date:

1927

Production company:

English (UK) version
Société des Films Mercanton

Production credit:

director/scenario, Louis Mercanton; photography, Emile Pierre; Wladimir (or Vladimir)

Cast credit:

Phyllis Neilson-Terry, Ivor Novello, Charles Le Bargy, Gabriel de Gravone, Desdemona Mazza, Fortunio Lo Turco

Country of production:

uk

Distributor name:

Royal Film Location

Description:

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The narrative (articulated in frequent intertitles) begins with Hermione Lester (Phyllis Neilson Terry), an Englishwoman who lives in Rome, deciding to marry a younger man, Maurice Delarey (Ivor Novello), unaware that her good friend, the novelist Emile Artois (Le Bargy), is deeply in love with her. The couple go to live at Hermione's villa in Sicily, and Maurice takes a liking to her servant, Gaspare (Gabriel de Gravone). Enchanted by the culture and by the sea (his grandmother was Sicilian), he is soon drawn into an affair with an island siren, Maddelena (Desdemona Mazza). Her fisherman father, Salvatore (Fortunio Lo Turco), begins to blackmail him; and when Maurice decides to break off the affair, the old man kills him and throws his body in the sea. Hermione discovers what has happened only when she confronts Maddelena grieving at her husband's grave. Released from his promise of silence to Maurice, Gaspare tries to take revenge on Salvatore; their struggle in his island cottage is interrupted by a knock at the door, and the old man accidently shoots his own daughter. Hermione finally realizes Emile's love for her, and the two are engaged to marry - even though the novelist priggishly reprimands her for transferring some of the flowers from Maurice's to Maddelena's grave.

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

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1. An independant 1919 French production bought by the UK company Stoll Picture Company Ltd. in 1920 but not released in the UK until 1927 due to a dispute.~2. Based on a book by Robert Hichens.~3. Subject description from "French Cinema, The First Wave, 1915-1929" by Richard Abel.~4. Reels 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of 7.

Genre:

DRAMA

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

164382

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-6849
N-6850
N-6851
N-6852
N-6853
N-6854
N-6855

Number of items:

7

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

NITRATE

Max. shrinkage:

2.9%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

507613

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-6859

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

NITRATE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner may be Stoll Picture Company Ltd.

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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Date modified:: 2024-07-24