The Age of Innocence (1924 film)

The Age of Innocence
Directed by Wesley Ruggles
Screenplay by Olga Printzlau
Based on The Age of Innocence
(1920 novel)
by Edith Wharton
Starring Beverly Bayne
Elliott Dexter
Edith Roberts
Willard Louis
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release dates
 November 1, 1924
Running time
 7 reels
Country United States
Language Silent
English intertitles

The Age of Innocence is a 1924 American silent film directed by Wesley Ruggles. It is the first film adaptation of Edith Wharton’s novel The Age of Innocence. It is considered a lost film.[1]

Plot

Newland Archer is engaged to May Mingott of a prominent New York family. Shortly after the engagement is announce, Newland finds himself attracted to May’s older married cousin Countess Ellen Olenska. After his marriage to May, Newland and Ellen agree to run away together. Before this can happen, May visits her husband’s lover and informs her that she is expecting a child. Ellen and Newland part ways, Newland vowing to be a better husband to his wife May.

Cast

Preservation status

This film is now lost. In February 1956, Jack Warner sold the rights to all of his pre-December 1949 films to Associated Artists Productions. In 1969, UA donated 16mm prints of some Warner Bros. films from outside United States. No copies of The Age of Innocence are known to exist.

Legacy

In 1993, remake of the same name, was directed by Martin Scorsese and was released by Columbia Pictures, starring Michelle Pfeiffer as Countess Ellen Olenska, Daniel Day-Lewis as Newland Archer, Winona Ryder as May Welland Archer, Richard E. Grant, and Miriam Margolyes. Ryder won a Golden Globe Award for her portrayal of May Welland Archer, and the film won an Oscar for costume design.

References

  1. ↑ Marshall, Scott. "Edith Wharton on Film and Television: A History and Filmography." Edith Wharton Review (1996): 15–25. Washington State University. Jan. 15, 2009
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