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Broadway and silent-screen legend Elsie Ferguson stars in her only talking picture, a scandalous tale of murder, sin and redemption. The most brilliant criminal lawyer in New York, Mary Bancroft (Ferguson) agrees to defend Nora Mason (Marian Nixon), a cabaret dancer who freely admits to murdering her own father. Staging a defense that inadvertently exposes her past, Mary reveals a 20-year-old secret that could win her the case but destroy her illustrious career. Based on the 1929 play in which she starred, Scarlet Pages is one of only two films made by Ferguson that still survive. It is also the last movie in which she appeared, preserving for posterity the golden voice that made Elsie Ferguson one of Broadway's greatest stars.
Original Release
09/28/1930
US Release
09/28/1930
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Elsie Ferguson | Mary Bancroft |
Marian Nixon | Nora Mason |
John Halliday | John Remington |
Grant Withers | Bob Lawrence |
Daisy Belmore | Mrs. Kennedy |
William B. Davidson | Jackson |
Jean Laverty | Carlotta |
Wilbur Mack | Mason |
Charlotte Walker | Mrs. Mason |
Neely Edwards | Barnes |
Directors
Writers
Samuel Shipman, John B. Hymer, Walter Anthony, Maude Fulton
Cast
Name | Character |
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Elsie Ferguson | Mary Bancroft |
Marian Nixon | Nora Mason |
John Halliday | John Remington |
Grant Withers | Bob Lawrence |
Daisy Belmore | Mrs. Kennedy |
William B. Davidson | Jackson |
Jean Laverty | Carlotta |
Wilbur Mack | Mason |
Charlotte Walker | Mrs. Mason |
Neely Edwards | Barnes |
Helen Ferguson | Miss Hutchinson |
Fred Kelsey | Murphy |
Theresa Allen | Maid |
Allan Cavan | Assistant Prosecutor |
DeWitt Jennings | Judge |
Lillian Leighton | Mrs. Murphy |
Donald MacKenzie | Callahan |
Dorothy Mathews | Mary's Receptionist |
William H. O'Brien | Nightclub Waiter in Background |
Tom Ricketts | Old Man with Cane in Courtroom |