A Woman in Grey (1920)

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Director:

James Vincent

Writers:

Walter R. Hall, A.M. Williamson (story)

Stars:

Arline Pretty, Henry G. Sell, Fred C. Jones

Cast

Credited cast:
Arline Pretty	...	Ruth Hope - The Woman in Grey
Henry G. Sell	...	Tom Thurston - Amory's Attorney
Fred C. Jones	...	J. Havilland Hunter - A Man of Mystery
John Heenan	...	Wilfred Amory - Retired Attorney
Margaret Fielding	...	Paula Dunne - Amory's Niece
Ann Brody	...	Miss Traill - Companion to Ruth Hope
Jane Mair	...	Grace Carleton
Jack Newton	...	Ralph Gordon
J.W. Driscoll	...	Dr. Lepell
Jack Manning	...	Gangster
Walter Chapin	...	Gangster
Violet De Biccari	...	(as Violet De Bicari)
Adelaide Fitz-Allen	...	(as Adelaide Fitzgallen)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marguerite Namara

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

bound and gagged | train | tied to a chair | quicksand | graveyard | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The studio Serico occupied had been the home of the then recently bankrupt United States Moving Picture Company.

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Connections

Featured in Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer (2009)

User Reviews

Beautifully directed and photographed action melodrama

This fifteen-part serial, "the last of the adult serials", is a beautifully photographed and edited action melodrama, with surprisingly good acting in all roles. Produced in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., it has crisp editing, fast action, and carefully lit and composed interiors. The lush pictorialist exteriors are also handled with great care. The film seems very much influenced by D.W.Griffith's Biograph melodramas, incorporating Griffith's editing techniques, and Billy Bitzer's lovely composition of individual shots.

The producers of the film seemed to have entre to the homes of some of the wealthiest people in the community, and the production values are so high I can't believe the people responsible for the film were inexperienced locals. In a fifteen-part serial of this great complexity, one would expect some loss of focus, but the director and the photographer/title-maker seem always to be absolutely in control, and experimental lighting and camera angles occur throughout the film. The extraordinary rhythmic momentum of the film is never lost despite the films complex plot turns.

Highly recommended, even though the Grapevine Video VHS tape is a generation or two away from the best quality, and is therefore of high contrast, with considerable loss of "highs". Still, a startlingly good bit of film-making to see.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

None English

Release Date:

22 January 1920 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Serico Producing Company Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

235 min (15 chapters)

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1