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A Society Scandal
(1924) American
B&W : Seven reels / 6857 feet
Directed by Allan Dwan

Cast: Gloria Swanson [Marjorie Colbert], Rod La Rocque [Daniel Farr], Ricardo Cortez [Harrison Peters], Allan Simpson [Hector Colbert], Ida Waterman [Mrs. Maturin Colbert], Thelma Converse [Mrs. Hamilton Pennfield], Fraser Coalter [Schuyler Burr], Catherine Proctor [Mrs. Burr], Wilfred Donovan [Hamilton Pennfield], Yvonne Hughes [Patricia De Voe], Catherine Coleburn [Marjorie’s friend], Marie Shelton [Marjorie’s friend], Dorothy Stokes [Marjorie’s friend], Cornelius Keefe [Marjorie’s friend]

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Allan Dwan. Scenario by Forrest Halsey, from the the play The Laughing Lady by Alfred Sutro. Cinematography by Hal Rosson (Harold Rosson). Presented by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. / Released March 1924. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The production was shot at Paramount’s Astoria Studios on Long Island, New York; Swanson’s third film produced there.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Divorce - Law: Courtrooms, Lawyers, Trials - Reputation

Listing updated: 12 November 2007.

References: Bogdanovich-Dwan pp. 68, 70; Hudson-Swanson pp. 166, 167; Quirk-Swanson pp. 158, 159, 160-161; Sweeney-Coming p. 72; Vermilye-Twenties p. 118.