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A Fallen Idol is a lost 1919 American silent melodrama film starring Evelyn Nesbit, a famed former model and Broadway showgirl who had been at the center of two highly publicized court trials after her wealthy husband shot and killed a prominent architect in 1906 in front of hundreds of witnesses. The plot has some parallels with Nesbit's well-known life story, as do most of the films in which she appeared – exploiting her fame to attract audiences to her films. As in her life, the story centers around a beautiful woman pursued by two male rivals and a rape by a man of wealth and power. Other aspects of the story are quite different from those of her life. Nesbit plays a Hawaiian princess.
Original Release
05/18/1919
US Release
05/18/1919
Cast
Name | Character |
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Evelyn Nesbit | Princess Laone |
Lillian Lawrence | Mrs. Parrish |
Sidney Mason | Keith Parrish |
Lyster Chambers | Stephen Brainard |
Pat Hartigan | Brainard's Chief Mate |
Harry Semels | Tushau |
Thelma Parker | Lato |
Marie Newton | Elsie Blair |
Fred Williams | Keith's Father / Mr. Parrish |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Evelyn Nesbit | Princess Laone |
Lillian Lawrence | Mrs. Parrish |
Sidney Mason | Keith Parrish |
Lyster Chambers | Stephen Brainard |
Pat Hartigan | Brainard's Chief Mate |
Harry Semels | Tushau |
Thelma Parker | Lato |
Marie Newton | Elsie Blair |
Fred Williams | Keith's Father / Mr. Parrish |