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The New Commandment (film)

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The New Commandment
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Directed byHoward Higgin
Screenplay bySada Cowan
Howard Higgin
Based onInvisible Wounds
by Frederick Palmer
Produced byRobert Kane
StarringBlanche Sweet
Ben Lyon
Holbrook Blinn
Clare Eames
Effie Shannon
Dorothy Cumming
CinematographyErnest Haller
Edited byPaul F. Maschke
Production
company
Distributed byFirst National Pictures
Release date
  • November 1, 1925 (1925-11-01)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The New Commandment is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Howard Higgin and written by Sada Cowan and Howard Higgin. It is based on the 1925 novel Invisible Wounds by Frederick Palmer. The film stars Blanche Sweet, Ben Lyon, Holbrook Blinn, Clare Eames, Effie Shannon, and Dorothy Cumming. The film was released on November 1, 1925, by First National Pictures.[1][2][3][4]

Plot

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Having set out on a cruise with his father for Europe, Billy Morrow discovers the true purpose of that trip which, organized by Mrs. Parr, an intriguing high society lady who has buried three husbands, now plans to marry him to his stepdaughter. Off the French coast, Billy decides to leave the ship and heads ashore with Red, a former taxi driver who has become his friend. In Paris, the two meet the artist Gaston Picard. Although he is engaged to Countess Stoll, he is in love with his American model Renée Darcourt. Billy also falls in love with her, but he can't convince himself of Renée's honesty, either because of her profession or because he suspects that she is having an affair with Picard. When war breaks out, Billy enlisted, joining the Foreign Legion. During a fight, he is injured. Taken to a hospital, he finds Renée there, who works there as a nurse. Doubts and jealousies vanish: lovers, finding themselves, forget all suspicions, happily reunited.

Cast

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Preservation

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With no prints of The New Commandment located in any film archives,[6] it is a lost film.

References

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  1. ^ "The New Commandment (1925) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  2. ^ Janiss Garza. "The New Commandment (1925) - Howard Higgin". AllMovie. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  3. ^ "The New Commandment". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  4. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The New Commandment at silentera.com
  5. ^ New York Daily News 17 Sep 1925, p 35; Los Angeles Daily News (historic) 23 Oct 1925, p 16.
  6. ^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The New Commandment
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