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Directed by | George D. Baker |
Written by | Ethel Browning (scenario) George D. Baker (scenario) |
Based on | The Rose Bush of a Thousand Years by Mabel Wagnals |
Starring | Alla Nazimova |
Cinematography | Ray Smallwood Eugene Gaudio |
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Distributed by | Metro Pictures |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Revelation is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by George D. Baker and starring Alla Nazimova. The film was produced and distributed through Metro Pictures. [1] [2]
A print of the film has been preserved. [3]
As described in a film magazine, [4] Joline (Nazimova), a young dancer, attracts the attentions of a young artist, Paul (Bryant), and she consents to pose for him. He receives a commission to paint a picture of the Madonna beside a sacred rose bush at a monastery. Events bring Joline to a realization of her useless life and she leaves Paul to devote the rest of her life to a good cause. The war reunites the two lovers when Paul, a soldier, is wounded and Joline is called on care for him.
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Revelation is a 1924 film starring Viola Dana, Monte Blue, and Lew Cody. The film was directed and written by George D. Baker and based upon a popular novel, The Rosebud of a Thousand Years. Dana was one of the top stars of the newly amalgamated MGM, a lively comedian who enjoyed a long career that faded with the emergence of the talkies. In 1918, Metro Pictures filmed Revelation again, starring Alla Nazimova and again directed by Baker.
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