Queen o'Diamonds | |
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![]() Still with Evelyn Brent and Theodore von Eltz | |
Directed by | Chester Withey |
Written by | Fred Myton |
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Cinematography | Roy H. Klaffki |
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Distributed by | Film Booking Offices of America |
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Running time | 60 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Queen o'Diamonds is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Chester Withey and starring Evelyn Brent, Elsa Lorimer, and Phillips Smalley. [1]
As described in a film magazine review, [2] chorus girl Jerry Lyon resembles Jeanette Durant, a Broadway star whose husband is an international crook. Jerry, in love with struggling playwright Daniel Hammon, is induced to pose as Jeanette. She becomes involved in a series of wild adventures in which she innocently comes into possession of some stolen diamonds. She meets Ramsey, a theatrical producer, who agrees to star Jerry in Daniel's play, after she has brought the police in time to arrest a gang of desperate criminals.