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Scarlet Days
In early lawless California, Rosie Nell, a woman of disreputable dance halls, is wrongly charged with the murder of one of her fellow entertainers. Because her daughter, who knows nothing of her mother's station in life, is to return the next day from education in the east, Rosie is granted three days of grace to be spent in company with her daughter at a nearby cabin. The three days begin happily enough, thanks to the serenades of heroic bandit Alvarez and the poetry of romantic Randolph. But Bagley, the dance hall manager, has seen the daughter and has determined to make her his own.
- Original title
- Scarlet Days
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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CinemaSerf
Jun 6, 2022 · via TMDB
Richard Barthelmess is the sort of "Zorro" character in this rather weak romantic drama from D.W. Griffith. The story is quite complex but basically involves him ("Don Maria") and his newly found pal "Sir Whitehead" (a very dashing young Ralph Graves) trying to thwart the ambitions of "King Bagley" (Walter Long) who has eyes for the gal "Rosy" (Eugenie Besserer) who has recently been robbed of her meagre poke by the greedy "Spasm Sal" (Rhea Haines). Now, it doesn't hang about this film - that's quite a lot of story to pack into 80 minutes, and though the photography of the Californian scenery is well shot, the performances are just a bit too flat to keep up with the, hectic, pell mell pace of the plot.. The hero is, frankly, anything but. Too many damsels in distress and though Besserer is on decent form, her's is the only performance that really stands out. The characters are all there, all right, but we haven't time to allow them to flourish and I found the inter-titles way too complex in their language for easy (and speedy) comprehension too. It does look good, but I think it falls quite a bit short.
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Richard Barthelmess
Don Maria Alvarez
Eugenie Besserer
Mrs. Nell Winters aka Rosie Nell
Carol Dempster
Lady Fair
Clarine Seymour
Chiquita aka Little Flameheart
Ralph Graves
John Randolph aka Sir Whiteheart
George Fawcett
The Sheriff
Walter Long
King Bagley aka Knight of the Black Stain
Kate Bruce
The Aunt
Adolph Lestina
Randolph's Friend
Rhea Haines
Spasm Sal
Billy Bitzer
Director of Photography
D.W. Griffith
Director
D.W. Griffith
Producer
Stanner E.V. Taylor
Writer
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