The Golden Bed (1925)

Femme fatale Flora marries a titled European to save the family planation. Her husband and a rival fall to their deaths in a glacier. Next Flora weds her sister Margaret's love Admah. She ... See full summary »

Director:

Cecil B. DeMille

Writers:

Wallace Irwin (serial story "Tomorrow's Bread"), Jeanie Macpherson (story)

Stars:

Lillian Rich, Henry B. Walthall, Vera Reynolds

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Lillian Rich	...	Flora Lee Peake
Henry B. Walthall	...	Colonel Peake (as Henry Walthall)
Vera Reynolds	...	Margaret Peake
Theodore Kosloff	...	Marquis de San Pilar
Rod La Rocque	...	Admah Holtz
Warner Baxter	...	Bunny O'Neill
Robert Cain	...	Savarac
Robert Edeson	...	Amos Thompson
Julia Faye	...	Nell Thompson

Storyline

Femme fatale Flora marries a titled European to save the family planation. Her husband and a rival fall to their deaths in a glacier. Next Flora weds her sister Margaret's love Admah. She bleeds him dry. While he's in prison she goes back to the decaying plantation to die.

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Plot Keywords:

southern belle | financial ruin | society | couturier | greed | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 January 1925 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Cama de Ouro

Filming Locations:

Mt. Rainier, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Cecil B. DeMille's last film for Paramount Pictures before producing and directing for his own studio.

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Connections

Referenced in Hollywood: Autocrats (1980)

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