Let Not Man Put Asunder

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Let Not Man Put Asunder
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Directed by J. Stuart Blackton
Written byCharles Gaskill (scenario)
Based onLet Not Man Put Asunder
by Basil King
Produced byJ. Stuart Blackton
Starring Pauline Frederick
Lou Tellegen
Production
company
Distributed byVitagraph Company of America
Release date
  • February 1924 (1924-02)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Let Not Man Put Asunder is a 1924 American silent drama film starring Pauline Frederick, produced and directed by J. Stuart Blackton, and distributed by Vitagraph, a company Blackton co-founded. The story is based on a 1902 novel of the same name by Basil King about divorce. [1]

Contents

Similarly, Let No Man Put Asunder, titled film was made in 1913 by the Essanay Company starring Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne.

Plot

Cast

Costars Tellegen and Frazin both committed unrelated suicides after their respective serial divorces and career declines. [2]

Preservation

With no prints of Let Not Man Put Asunder found in any film archive, [3] [4] it is a lost film.

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References

  1. Progressive Silent Film List: Let Not Man Put Asunder at silentera.com
  2. Kenneth Anger, Hollywood Babylon II, Plume reprint, 1984, NY, p.233.
  3. "Let Not Man Put Asunder (1924)". stanford.edu. May 2, 2009. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
  4. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Let Not Man Put Asunder