Fair Lady (film)

1922 film by Kenneth Webb

Fair Lady

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Kenneth Webb
Written by| Dorothy Farnum (scenario)
Based on| The Net
by Rex Beach
Produced by| Whitman Bennett
Starring| Betty Blythe
Thurston Hall
Robert Elliott
Cinematography| Harry Stradling
Edward Paul
Distributed by| United Artists

Release date

* March 19, 1922 (1922-03-19)

Running time

| 70 minutes, 7 reels (6,400 feet)
Country| United States
Language| Silent (English intertitles)

Fair Lady is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Kenneth Webb. The film stars Betty Blythe, Thurston Hall and Robert Elliott. The film was based on the novel The Net by Rex Beach. It is not known whether the film currently survives.[1]

## Plot

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In Sicily, Count Martinello is assassinated by Cardi and his mafia group on what would have been his wedding day. His bride to be, Countess Margherita, gets word of this from American Norvin Blake, who fails to protect her from Cardi, who wants her for his own. Later, Margherita and Norvin meet in New Orleans, where he declares his love for her.

Recognizing Gian Norcone as the group leader who killed the count, Norvin has him arrested after getting into a fight with him. Caesar Maruffi, a supposed friend and admirer who suits Margherita, is discovered to be Cardi. In the middle of a fight between Cardi and Norvin, Cardi is stabbed by Lucrezia, Margherita's maid. In the end, Norvin finally wins Margherita.[2][3]

## Cast

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On location in New Orleans: Kenneth Webb, (director, center), Betty Blythe, Robert Elliott, (extreme right)

* Betty Blythe as Countess Margherita
* Thurston Hall as Italian banker Caesar Maruffi / Cardi
* Robert Elliott as Norvin Blake
* Gladys Hulette as Myra Nell Drew
* Florence Auer as Lucrezia
* Walter James as Gian Norcone
* Macey Harlam as Count Modene
* Henry Leone as Ricardo
* Effingham Pinto as Count Martinello
* Arnold Lucy as Uncle Bernie Drew

## References

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1. ^ Fair Lady at silentera.com
2. ^ Film Fun, May 1922, Vol. 35, No. 397, p.51
3. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1961-1970. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. p. 323. ISBN 0-520-20970-2

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fair Lady (film).

* Fair Lady at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
* Fair Lady at IMDb
* Fair Lady at the TCM Movie Database
* Synopsis at AllMovie
* Effingham Pinto

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