While Paris Sleeps

While Paris Sleeps

Infobox Film | name = While Paris Sleeps
director = Maurice Tourneur
producer = Maurice Tourneur
writer = Leslie Beresford
starring = Lon Chaney Sr.
Mildred Manning
John Gilbert
Hardee Kirkland
cinematography = René Guissart
editing =
distributor = W. W. Hodkinson Corp.
released = January 21, 1923
runtime = 60 min
country = USA
language = Silent film
English intertitles

While Paris Sleeps is based on the novel The Glory of Love by "Pan", Lon Chaney plays a sculptor who loves his lovely model (Mildred Manning), but she cares nothing for him. =Synopsis=

A sculptor in the Latin Quarter of Paris harbors an unrequited passion for his model. The latter meets young American tourist and they become infatuated. The youth's father pleads with girl to give him up and she agrees if she may be permitted to have one evening of happiness during the Mardi Gras festival. The jealous sculptor enlists the aid of half-crazed keeper of wax museum to dispose of American youth. The boy is kidnapped and tortured, but rescued in the nick of time. The young people finally receive the father's blessing.

Background

Made in 1920, but not released until 1923.

References

* [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=503010&category=Overview Article on "While Paris Sleeps" at the TCM Movie Database]

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0014602 "While Paris Sleeps" at the Internet Movie Database]


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