Jump to content

The Remittance Woman

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Remittance Woman
Trade advertisement
Directed byWesley Ruggles
Written byAchmed Abdullah (novel)
Carol Warren
StarringEthel Clayton
Rockliffe Fellowes
Mario Carillo
CinematographyJoseph A. Du Bray
Production
company
Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation
Distributed byFilm Booking Offices of America
Release date
  • May 12, 1923 (1923-05-12)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Remittance Woman is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Wesley Ruggles and starring Ethel Clayton, Rockliffe Fellowes, and Mario Carillo.[1][2] A remittance man (or woman) was one sent away from home (usually Britain) to avoid shame on the family. The following year a book of the same title appeared, by American pulp author Achmed Abdullah.

Cast

[edit]

Preservation

[edit]

With no prints of The Remittance Woman located in any film archives,[3] it is a lost film.

References

[edit]

Bibliography

[edit]
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
[edit]