The Garden of Weeds

The Garden of Weeds
The Garden of Weeds
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Directed by	James Cruze
Written by	Anthony Coldeway; Walter Woods
Based on	Garden of Weeds; by Leon Gordon and Doris Marquette
Produced by	Adolph Zukor; Jesse Lasky
Starring	Betty Compson
Cinematography	Karl Brown
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	November 2, 1924;
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Garden of Weeds is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by James Cruze and starring Betty Compson. It is based on the Broadway play Garden of Weeds by Leon Gordon and Doris Marquette.^[1] Famous Players–Lasky produced and Paramount Pictures distributed.^[2]

Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine,^[3] of great wealth but lacking in the better traits, Phillip Flagg (Fellowes) maintains an estate which he calls his "Garden of Weeds" where he entertains girls of the stage until he tires of them. Attracted to Dorothy Delbridge (Compson), he has her fired because she refuses to accept his attentions. She later accept his invitation and becomes the mistress of "Garden of Weeds." Meeting Douglas Crawford (Baxter), another wealthy chap, she breaks with Flagg and marries him but has not the courage to reveal her past. Crawford engages Flagg’s butler, who threatens to reveal the secret. Flagg comes to see Crawford and arranges to fleece him in a shady deal. He begins to taunt her with veiled jibes to get even. Dorothy, unable to stand it any longer, reveals the truth. Crawford says he has known it all the time and proceeds to thrash Flagg, who falls over the balcony railing and is killed.

Cast

Betty Compson as Dorothy Delbridge
Rockliffe Fellowes as Phillip Flagg
Warner Baxter as Douglas Crawford
Charles Stanton Ogle as Henry Poulson
King Zany as Jack Lane
William Austin as Archie
Lucille Thorndike as Old Maid
William H. Turner as Theater Manager
Toyo Fujita as Nick
Lilyan Tashman as Hazel
Al St. John as Nat Barlow

Preservation

With no prints of The Garden of Weeds located in any film archives,^[4] it is a lost film.

References

^ Garden of Weeds as a play performed on Broadway at the Gaiety Theatre, April-May 1924
^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Garden of Weeds
^ Sewell, Charles S. (November 15, 1924). "The Garden of Weeds; Paramount Offers Adaptation of Stage Play, Starring Betty Compson and Directed by James Cruze". The Moving Picture World. 71 (3). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 269, 271.
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Garden of Weeds

External links

The Garden of Weeds at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie

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[1] Garden of Weeds as a play performed on Broadway at the Gaiety Theatre, April-May 1924

[2] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Garden of Weeds

[3] Sewell, Charles S. (November 15, 1924). "The Garden of Weeds; Paramount Offers Adaptation of Stage Play, Starring Betty Compson and Directed by James Cruze". The Moving Picture World. 71 (3). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 269, 271.

[4] The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Garden of Weeds

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