The Lady from Hell

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The Lady from Hell
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Directed by Stuart Paton
Written by J. Grubb Alexander
John W. Krafft
Norton S. Parker
Starring Roy Stewart
Blanche Sweet
Ralph Lewis
Edited by John W. Krafft
Production
company
Stuart Paton Productions
Distributed by Associated Exhibitors
Ideal Films
Release date
  • January 7, 1926 (1926-01-07)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Lady from Hell is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Stuart Paton and starring Roy Stewart, Blanche Sweet, and Ralph Lewis. [1]

Contents

It was released in the United Kingdom later the same year by Ideal Films under the alternative title of Interrupted Wedding.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, [2] following his service in World War I, Sir Robin Carmichael, a former British army officer from Scotland who works as a foreman of a ranch in America under an assumed name, gives a woman a gun to protect herself against her brutal husband. The woman’s little son Billy kills his father to save her from being beaten. In the meantime, Sir Robin has returned to his home in Scotland and is about to be wed to Lady Margaret Darnely. He is extradited back to the American town near the ranch on his wedding day on a charge of murder, but is cleared by the confession of the boy and his mother.

Cast

Preservation

This film after being lost for decades was discovered in a New Zealand film archive and repatriated to the US. [3] [4]

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References

  1. Munden, Kenneth W., ed. (1997) [1971]. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press. p. 414. ISBN   0-520-20969-9.
  2. "New Pictures: The Lady from Hell". Exhibitors Herald. 24 (2). Chicago: Exhibitors Herald Co.: 67 December 26, 1925. Retrieved January 19, 2023.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  3. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Lady from Hell
  4. The Lady from Hell at silentera.com