Without Mercy (film)

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Directed by George Melford
Written by Monte Katterjohn
Based onWithout Mercy
by John Goodwin
Starring Dorothy Phillips
Vera Reynolds
Cinematography Charles G. Clarke
Production
company
Metropolitan Pictures Corporation of California
Distributed by Producers Distributing Corporation
Release date
  • October 4, 1925 (1925-10-04)
Running time
7 reels
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Without Mercy is a 1925 American silent melodrama film directed by George Melford and starring Dorothy Phillips and Vera Reynolds. It was distributed by Producers Distributing Corporation. [1] [2]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine reviews, [3] Sir Melmoth Craven, a British political leader, seeks to borrow a huge amount of money to defray the expense of his election to Parliament. He is turned down by Garth and Garth, Ltd., and obtains the money from Madame Gordon, an underworld moneylender, at usurious rates. Mrs. Enid Garth, head of the former house, learns of the deal. Trouble arises when Sir Melmoth and Margaret Garth, daughter of the woman, become involved in each other. John Orme, Margaret's fiancé and also a Member of Parliament, becomes disgruntled. Mrs. Garth enters the scene and orders Melmoth to leave. When she learns of her daughter's infatuation with Melmoth, she proves to Margaret that Melmoth is a beast by showing her shoulders, which bear the scars made by Melmoth twenty years earlier. John and Melmoth become political opponents in the election. Melmoth wins and then accuses his opponent of fraud, and John is put in jail. Melmoth expects to win Margaret, but at this time he is asked to pay back his loan. He kidnaps Margaret and places her on a barge with dynamite. John gets out of jail in time to swim to the barge where he rescues Margaret just in time to save her from being blown into atoms. Melmoth is apprehended and convicted of his crimes.

Cast

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Preservation status

A print of Without Mercy is held at the UCLA Film and Television Archive. [4]

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References

  1. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Without Mercy
  2. Progressive Silent Film List: Without Mercy at silentera.com
  3. "New Pictures: Without Mercy", Exhibitors Herald, 22 (6), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 86–87, August 1, 1925, retrieved July 9, 2022PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Without Mercy