Beyond the Rainbow
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Beyond the Rainbow is an American
silent film
starring Billie Dove
and Harry T. Morey
. The film is also notable as the first film actress Clara Bow
appeared in.
). To get revenge, she plays a joke by passing out notes to some of the guests reading, "Consult your conscience. Your secret is common gossip." This message sends a number of people into a panic during the party, and a shot rings out, wounding one of the men. When the mystery is cleared up, Marion Taylor (Billie Dove
) and Edward Mallory (Harry Morey) have fallen in love.
. She was devastated and put temporarily her acting ambitions aside. However, newspaper advertisements and editorial comments during the pictures lifespan 1922/1923 suggests she was not cut at all, at least not from the main release:
According to Internet Movie Database
, a 16mm print of this film is in the collection of the UCLA Film and Television Archive
.
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silent film
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
starring Billie Dove
Billie Dove
Billie Dove was an American actress.-Early life and career:She was born as Bertha Bohny in New York City to Charles and Bertha Bohny who were Swiss immigrants. As a teen, she worked as a model to help support her family and was hired at the age of 15 by Florenz Ziegfeld to appear in his Ziegfeld...
and Harry T. Morey
Harry T. Morey
Harry Temple Morey was an American stage and motion picture actor who appeared in nearly two hundred films during his career....
. The film is also notable as the first film actress Clara Bow
Clara Bow
Clara Gordon Bow was an American actress who rose to stardom in the silent film era of the 1920s. It was her appearance as a spunky shopgirl in the film It that brought her global fame and the nickname "The It Girl." Bow came to personify the roaring twenties and is described as its leading sex...
appeared in.
Synopsis
Virginia Gardner, a flapper girl, is left out of a fashionable party thrown by her mother (Helen WareHelen Ware
Helen Ware ; born Helen Remer, was an American stage and film actress. She had a gradual but ultimately successful Broadway stage career and by her thirties was playing the character parts for which she became famous. She began playing character parts in silent films in 1914 and continued into the...
). To get revenge, she plays a joke by passing out notes to some of the guests reading, "Consult your conscience. Your secret is common gossip." This message sends a number of people into a panic during the party, and a shot rings out, wounding one of the men. When the mystery is cleared up, Marion Taylor (Billie Dove
Billie Dove
Billie Dove was an American actress.-Early life and career:She was born as Bertha Bohny in New York City to Charles and Bertha Bohny who were Swiss immigrants. As a teen, she worked as a model to help support her family and was hired at the age of 15 by Florenz Ziegfeld to appear in his Ziegfeld...
) and Edward Mallory (Harry Morey) have fallen in love.
Clara Bow's first film appearance
After entering a beauty and acting magazine sponsored contest, Bow was declared national winner and got a part in this film. She did five scenes, but was cut, at least from the copy she viewed back home in BrooklynBrooklyn
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. She was devastated and put temporarily her acting ambitions aside. However, newspaper advertisements and editorial comments during the pictures lifespan 1922/1923 suggests she was not cut at all, at least not from the main release:
- "Two famous beauty contest winners, Virginia Lee and Clara Bow, have important roles in William Christy Cabanne´s big drama "Beyond the Rainbow"
- "The feminine characters form a galaxy of beauty, Lillian (Billie) Dove has a wealth of brunette loveliness and makes an attractive contrast to the other two beauties, Virginia Lee and Clara Bow, both blondes and both beauty contest winners".
According to Internet Movie Database
Internet Movie Database
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, a 16mm print of this film is in the collection of the UCLA Film and Television Archive
UCLA Film and Television Archive
The UCLA Film and Television Archive is an internationally renowned visual arts organization focused on the preservation, study, and appreciation of film and television, based at the University of California, Los Angeles. It holds more than 220,000 film and television titles and 27 million feet of...
.
Cast
- Harry T. MoreyHarry T. MoreyHarry Temple Morey was an American stage and motion picture actor who appeared in nearly two hundred films during his career....
- Billie DoveBillie DoveBillie Dove was an American actress.-Early life and career:She was born as Bertha Bohny in New York City to Charles and Bertha Bohny who were Swiss immigrants. As a teen, she worked as a model to help support her family and was hired at the age of 15 by Florenz Ziegfeld to appear in his Ziegfeld...
- Diana Allen
- James Harrison
- Macey Harlam
- Rose CoghlanRose CoghlanRose Coghlan , English actress was the sister of Charles Francis Coghlan.She went to America in 1871 as part of Lydia Thompson's troupe touring the U.S.. She made her Broadway debut in 1872 in a musical. Coghlan was again in England from 1873 to 1877, playing with Barry Sullivan, and then returned...
- George FawcettGeorge FawcettGeorge Fawcett was an American stage and film actor of the silent era. On stage he appeared in such plays as Ghosts with the controversial Mary Shaw, The Squaw Man with William Faversham, The Great John Ganton with an up-and-coming actress Laurette Taylor in the cast and Getting A Polish with...
- Marguerite CourtotMarguerite CourtotMarguerite Gabrielle Courtot was an American silent film actress.Courtot was born in Summit, New Jersey of French ancestry. She became a child model and in June 1912, while not yet fifteen years old, joined the Kalem Company, appearing in 1913's "The Riddle of the Tin Soldier" alongside star Alice...
- Edmund BreeseEdmund BreeseEdmund Breese was an American stage and film actor of the silent era. Long on the stage with a varied Broadway career before entering movies he appeared with James O'Neill in The Count of Monte Cristo , The Lion and the Mouse with Richard Bennett, The Third Degree with Helen Ware, The...
- Walter MillerWalter Miller (actor)Walter Miller was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 248 films between 1911 and 1940.He was born in Dayton, Ohio, and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack, aged 48...
- Charles Craig
- Clara BowClara BowClara Gordon Bow was an American actress who rose to stardom in the silent film era of the 1920s. It was her appearance as a spunky shopgirl in the film It that brought her global fame and the nickname "The It Girl." Bow came to personify the roaring twenties and is described as its leading sex...
- Huntley GordonHuntley GordonHuntley Gordon was an actor born in Montreal, Quebec.-Profile:Gordon was educated in both Canada and England. He had various jobs including working in a bank, in a silver mine, contracting, as a commercial traveller, and being a cigarette factory owner before settling on the stage and at one time...
- Helen WareHelen WareHelen Ware ; born Helen Remer, was an American stage and film actress. She had a gradual but ultimately successful Broadway stage career and by her thirties was playing the character parts for which she became famous. She began playing character parts in silent films in 1914 and continued into the...