Strange Idols

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Strange Idols
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Directed by Bernard Durning
Screenplay by Jules Furthman
Story byEmil Forst
Starring Dustin Farnum
Doris Pawn
Philo McCullough
Richard Tucker
CinematographyDon Short
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • May 28, 1922 (1922-05-28)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Strange Idols is a 1922 American drama film directed by Bernard Durning and written by Jules Furthman. The film stars Dustin Farnum, Doris Pawn, Philo McCullough, and Richard Tucker. The film was released on May 28, 1922, by Fox Film Corporation. [1] [2] [3]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine, [4] Canadian lumberman Angus MacDonald (Farnum) falls in love at first sight with New York cabaret dancer Ruth Mayo (Pawn) and marries her. Following his hasty marriage, he takes his bride back to the Canadian woods where his financial interests are centered. Ruth, however, longs for New York City and, to keep the peace, they move back to the City where a child is born to them. A strike at the lumber camp takes Angus back to Canada, and during his absence Doris takes the child for a tour of Europe with her old dance partner Ted Raymond (McCullough). Six years later Angus discovers his daughter is the big attraction in the same Broadway cabaret where he met her mother. He rescues her from the midnight show and they go to a hotel where Doris meets them, and there is a reconciliation.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of Strange Idols located in any film archives, [5] it is a lost film.

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References

  1. ↑ "Strange Idols (1922) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
  2. ↑ Janiss Garza. "Strange Idols (1922) - Bernard J. Durning". AllMovie. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Strange Idols". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Reviews: Strange Idols". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 14 (25): 51. June 17, 1922.
  5. ↑ American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Strange Idols
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