The Belle of Broadway
Film poster
Directed byHarry O. Hoyt
Written byJ. Grubb Alexander (story)
Jean Perry (story)
Alexander Perry (adaptation)
Based onAdele
1913 musical
by Paul Herve
Produced byHarry Cohn
StarringBetty Compson
CinematographyJ.O. Taylor
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • August 15, 1926 (1926-08-15)
Running time
62 minutes; 6 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Belle of Broadway is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. It was directed by Harry O. Hoyt and starred Betty Compson.[1][2][3]

Plot

Adele (Compson) was once the toast of Paris with her performances of DuBarry. But the years have passed; now older (and played by Yorke), she can no longer find work. A young neighbor named Marie (Compson again) sees to her needs, and Adele, suddenly noting the resemblance to her younger self, persuades her to pretend to be her, explaining that plastic surgery has made her look youthful again. The ruse works, and coached by Adele, Marie stars in a revival of "DuBarry" and Paris is enchanted anew. Unfortunately, this new-found success creates a whole new set of problems that will affect both of them as well as the young man (Rawlinson) who's wooing her.

NOTE: The plot is almost identical to Fedora, made 52 years later by Billy Wilder, but that was based on a short story by Tom Tryon from his collection Crowned Heads.

Cast

  • Betty Compson as Marie Duval
  • Herbert Rawlinson as Paul Merlin
  • Edith Yorke as Madame Adele
  • Armand Kaliz as Count Raoul de Parma
  • Ervin Renard as Fabio Merlin
  • Max Barwyn as M. Laroux (credited as Max Berwyn)
  • Albert Roccardi as Laroux's Associate
  • Tom Ricketts as Maurice Penelli (credited as Thomas Ricketts)
  • Wilfrid North as Major Anstruthers, an Old Beau (credited as Wilfred North)
  • Edward Warren as An Old Beau
  • Edward Kipling as An Old Beau
  • August Tollaire as Bearded Old Beau (credited as A. Tollaire)

Preservation

A print of The Belle of Broadway is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.[4]

References

  1. ↑ The Belle of Broadway at allmovie.com database
  2. ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
  3. ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: The Belle of Broadway at silentera.com
  4. ↑ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at the Library of Congress, c.1978, p. 14, The American Film Institute.
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