222:, David Webster escapes from prison, where he has been incarcerated for 15 years for a crime he never committed, to see his wife and his daughter. He plans to force Fletcher Burton, the man who framed him, to sign a confession exonerating himself. But he learns that his wife has died and his daughter now works in a local mission aiding the poor. Webster visits the girl at the mission without revealing he is her father (she thinks her father is dead) and is moved to tears by her beauty and kindness
295:"Lon Chaney's enviable reputation as an actor will probably be strong enough to pull 'em in to see this picture, but it is likely that many persons will consider that the story does not fill the requirements for so capable a player. In this particular play Chaney does everything that is required of him--and does it well, as do also the others of the cast--but there is not quite enough action to make the production noteworthy." ---Moving Picture World
31:
225:
The girl is engaged to marry the wealthy Ted Burton, the son of the crook who framed him, but
Fletcher Burton has been refusing to allow the marriage to take place, thinking that Webster's daughter isn't good enough for his son. Confronting him alone in his office, Webster gets a written confession
201:
188:
The popular song, "Just a Song at
Twilight" is featured prominently in the film, and was usually performed by the accompanists as the main musical theme for the film. Due to an oversight, the film was never properly copyrighted. The film was rereleased theatrically in 1927.
298:"There is a bit of inserted action, illustrating a tale related to (Webster) by the philosophical Li Fang, which is told in color with Chinese players....There will be no complaints on the part of patrons -- they will be entirely satisfied." --- Exhibitors Trade Review
226:
from the villain, but agrees to destroy it if Burton will allow the two young people to marry. In the end, the wedding takes place and
Webster turns himself in back at the prison to finish out his sentence, satisfied that his daughter will be happy and well cared for.
301:"Chaney can bring out pathos so that mawkish sentiment never intrudes. The picture is a good audience number." ---Motion Picture News (which called Chaney "one of the most gifted character actors on the screen".)
206:
205:
202:
207:
177:, Edith Roberts and De Witt Jennings. The film originally had a color flashback scene with Chinese actors, but the color footage is no longer in any of the available prints. The film's working titles were
204:
304:"While the story is full of incident and character, it contains very little action....(but has) some nice bits of characterization. Chaney does good work as a cripple." ---Film Daily
192:
A print of the film is held at the George
Eastman House in Rochester, New York. A still exists showing Lon Chaney visiting his daughter at the mission (see plot)
1061:
446:
1051:
203:
1046:
1066:
922:
898:
850:
524:
874:
842:
660:
628:
652:
1071:
439:
492:
385:
219:
906:
692:
708:
1056:
978:
962:
756:
684:
676:
532:
1010:
764:
732:
612:
604:
432:
548:
724:
620:
508:
241:
986:
930:
882:
668:
476:
890:
788:
277:
51:
1041:
1002:
914:
866:
858:
820:
772:
247:
954:
938:
740:
636:
946:
812:
796:
780:
644:
580:
572:
397:
331:
30:
828:
716:
596:
516:
419:
1018:
456:
265:
166:
41:
700:
588:
540:
1035:
994:
748:
564:
283:
271:
424:
378:
804:
253:
84:
414:
143:
970:
259:
235:
174:
170:
162:
147:
74:
70:
556:
500:
361:
347:
484:
408:
402:
391:
199:
428:
139:
131:
121:
98:
90:
80:
66:
58:
47:
37:
23:
418:is available for free viewing and download at the
185:. Interior scenes were shot at Universal Studios.
440:
8:
321:American Film Institute Catalogue, 1921-1930
447:
433:
425:
29:
20:
313:
244:as The Angel Lady (Webster's daughter)
94:Western Pictures Exploitation Company
7:
923:The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
14:
1062:Films directed by Irving Cummings
661:Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl
1052:American black-and-white films
332:Progressive Silent Film List:
1:
1047:American silent feature films
386:AFI Catalog of Feature Films
16:1922 film by Irving Cummings
1067:Silent American drama films
907:Everything Happens at Night
1088:
161:is a 1922 American silent
979:Springtime in the Rockies
685:Romance of the Underworld
677:The Port of Missing Girls
533:Broken Hearts of Broadway
493:The Man from Hell's River
463:
220:San Francisco's Chinatown
28:
765:Attorney for the Defense
362:"Flesh and Blood (1922)"
348:"Flesh and Blood (1922)"
899:Just Around the Corner
883:Merry-Go-Round of 1938
215:
54:(story & scenario)
851:Poor Little Rich Girl
549:In Every Woman's Life
525:East Side - West Side
210:
1072:1920s American films
891:Little Miss Broadway
52:Louis Duryea Lighton
1003:The Impatient Years
987:Sweet Rosie O'Grady
915:Hollywood Cavalcade
773:The Night Club Lady
709:Behind That Curtain
629:The Johnstown Flood
963:Louisiana Purchase
939:Down Argentine Way
843:It's a Small World
741:A Devil with Women
653:The Country Beyond
637:Rustling for Cupid
455:Films directed by
268:as Detective Doyle
250:as Fletcher Burton
216:
183:Fires of Vengeance
1029:
1028:
1011:The Dolly Sisters
947:That Night in Rio
813:I Believed in You
797:The Woman I Stole
781:Man Against Woman
645:The Midnight Kiss
613:The Desert Flower
581:The Rose of Paris
573:The Dancing Cheat
208:
154:
153:
1079:
1057:1922 drama films
859:Girls' Dormitory
829:The White Parade
717:Not Quite Decent
597:One Year to Live
517:The Drug Traffic
449:
442:
435:
426:
420:Internet Archive
366:
365:
358:
352:
351:
344:
338:
337:at silentera.com
329:
323:
318:
286:as the Policeman
238:as David Webster
209:
114:
112:
33:
21:
1087:
1086:
1082:
1081:
1080:
1078:
1077:
1076:
1032:
1031:
1030:
1025:
1019:Double Dynamite
931:Lillian Russell
693:Dressed to Kill
469:Flesh and Blood
459:
457:Irving Cummings
453:
415:Flesh and Blood
393:Flesh and Blood
380:Flesh and Blood
375:
370:
369:
360:
359:
355:
346:
345:
341:
334:Flesh and Blood
330:
326:
319:
315:
310:
293:
280:as the Landlady
266:DeWitt Jennings
232:
212:Flesh and Blood
200:
198:
167:Irving Cummings
158:Flesh and Blood
124:
117:
110:
108:
101:
73:
62:Irving Cummings
42:Irving Cummings
24:Flesh and Blood
17:
12:
11:
5:
1085:
1083:
1075:
1074:
1069:
1064:
1059:
1054:
1049:
1044:
1034:
1033:
1027:
1026:
1024:
1023:
1015:
1007:
999:
991:
983:
975:
967:
959:
951:
943:
935:
927:
919:
911:
903:
895:
887:
879:
875:Vogues of 1938
871:
863:
855:
847:
839:
833:
825:
817:
809:
801:
793:
785:
777:
769:
761:
753:
745:
737:
729:
721:
713:
705:
701:In Old Arizona
697:
689:
681:
673:
665:
657:
649:
641:
633:
625:
617:
609:
601:
593:
589:As Man Desires
585:
577:
569:
561:
553:
545:
541:Stolen Secrets
537:
529:
521:
513:
505:
497:
489:
481:
477:Broad Daylight
473:
464:
461:
460:
454:
452:
451:
444:
437:
429:
423:
422:
411:
400:
389:
388:
374:
373:External links
371:
368:
367:
353:
339:
324:
312:
311:
309:
306:
292:
289:
288:
287:
281:
275:
269:
263:
257:
251:
245:
239:
231:
228:
197:
194:
152:
151:
141:
137:
136:
133:
129:
128:
125:
122:
119:
118:
116:
115:
107:July 1922
104:
102:
99:
96:
95:
92:
91:Distributed by
88:
87:
82:
81:Cinematography
78:
77:
68:
64:
63:
60:
56:
55:
49:
45:
44:
39:
35:
34:
26:
25:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1084:
1073:
1070:
1068:
1065:
1063:
1060:
1058:
1055:
1053:
1050:
1048:
1045:
1043:
1040:
1039:
1037:
1021:
1020:
1016:
1013:
1012:
1008:
1005:
1004:
1000:
997:
996:
995:What a Woman!
992:
989:
988:
984:
981:
980:
976:
973:
972:
968:
965:
964:
960:
957:
956:
952:
949:
948:
944:
941:
940:
936:
933:
932:
928:
925:
924:
920:
917:
916:
912:
909:
908:
904:
901:
900:
896:
893:
892:
888:
885:
884:
880:
877:
876:
872:
869:
868:
864:
861:
860:
856:
853:
852:
848:
845:
844:
840:
837:
834:
831:
830:
826:
823:
822:
818:
815:
814:
810:
807:
806:
802:
799:
798:
794:
791:
790:
786:
783:
782:
778:
775:
774:
770:
767:
766:
762:
759:
758:
757:The Cisco Kid
754:
751:
750:
749:A Holy Terror
746:
743:
742:
738:
735:
734:
730:
727:
726:
722:
719:
718:
714:
711:
710:
706:
703:
702:
698:
695:
694:
690:
687:
686:
682:
679:
678:
674:
671:
670:
666:
663:
662:
658:
655:
654:
650:
647:
646:
642:
639:
638:
634:
631:
630:
626:
623:
622:
618:
615:
614:
610:
607:
606:
602:
599:
598:
594:
591:
590:
586:
583:
582:
578:
575:
574:
570:
567:
566:
565:Fools Highway
562:
559:
558:
554:
551:
550:
546:
543:
542:
538:
535:
534:
530:
527:
526:
522:
519:
518:
514:
511:
510:
506:
503:
502:
498:
495:
494:
490:
487:
486:
482:
479:
478:
474:
471:
470:
466:
465:
462:
458:
450:
445:
443:
438:
436:
431:
430:
427:
421:
417:
416:
412:
410:
406:
405:
401:
399:
395:
394:
390:
387:
384:
382:
381:
377:
376:
372:
363:
357:
354:
349:
343:
340:
336:
335:
328:
325:
322:
317:
314:
307:
305:
302:
299:
296:
290:
285:
284:Wilfred Lucas
282:
279:
276:
274:as The Prince
273:
272:Togo Yamamoto
270:
267:
264:
261:
258:
256:as Ted Burton
255:
252:
249:
246:
243:
242:Edith Roberts
240:
237:
234:
233:
229:
227:
223:
221:
213:
195:
193:
190:
186:
184:
180:
176:
172:
169:and starring
168:
164:
160:
159:
149:
145:
142:
138:
135:United States
134:
130:
126:
120:
106:
105:
103:
97:
93:
89:
86:
83:
79:
76:
72:
69:
65:
61:
57:
53:
50:
46:
43:
40:
36:
32:
27:
22:
19:
1017:
1009:
1001:
993:
985:
977:
969:
961:
953:
945:
937:
929:
921:
913:
905:
897:
889:
881:
873:
867:White Hunter
865:
857:
849:
841:
835:
827:
821:Grand Canary
819:
811:
805:The Mad Game
803:
795:
787:
779:
771:
763:
755:
747:
739:
733:On the Level
731:
723:
715:
707:
699:
691:
683:
675:
667:
659:
651:
643:
635:
627:
619:
611:
605:Just a Woman
603:
595:
587:
579:
571:
563:
555:
547:
539:
531:
523:
515:
507:
499:
491:
483:
475:
468:
467:
413:
403:
392:
379:
356:
342:
333:
327:
320:
316:
303:
300:
297:
294:
254:Jack Mulhall
224:
217:
211:
191:
187:
182:
178:
165:directed by
157:
156:
155:
123:Running time
100:Release date
85:Conrad Wells
18:
955:Belle Starr
725:Cameo Kirby
621:Infatuation
509:Environment
248:Ralph Lewis
148:intertitles
59:Produced by
38:Directed by
1042:1922 films
1036:Categories
971:My Gal Sal
308:References
278:Kate Price
262:as Li Fang
260:Noah Beery
236:Lon Chaney
175:Noah Beery
171:Lon Chaney
163:drama film
127:73 minutes
75:Noah Beery
71:Lon Chaney
48:Written by
836:Curly Top
669:The Brute
557:Riders Up
501:Paid Back
291:Critiques
146:(English
789:Man Hunt
485:The Jilt
409:AllMovie
404:Synopsis
140:Language
67:Starring
383:at the
132:Country
111:1922-07
109: (
1022:(1951)
1014:(1945)
1006:(1944)
998:(1943)
990:(1943)
982:(1942)
974:(1942)
966:(1941)
958:(1941)
950:(1941)
942:(1940)
934:(1940)
926:(1939)
918:(1939)
910:(1939)
902:(1938)
894:(1938)
886:(1937)
878:(1937)
870:(1936)
862:(1936)
854:(1936)
846:(1935)
838:(1935)
832:(1934)
824:(1934)
816:(1934)
808:(1933)
800:(1933)
792:(1933)
784:(1932)
776:(1932)
768:(1932)
760:(1931)
752:(1931)
744:(1930)
736:(1930)
728:(1930)
720:(1929)
712:(1929)
704:(1928)
696:(1928)
688:(1928)
680:(1928)
672:(1927)
664:(1926)
656:(1926)
648:(1926)
640:(1926)
632:(1926)
624:(1925)
616:(1925)
608:(1925)
600:(1925)
592:(1925)
584:(1924)
576:(1924)
568:(1924)
560:(1924)
552:(1924)
544:(1924)
536:(1923)
528:(1923)
520:(1923)
512:(1922)
504:(1922)
496:(1922)
488:(1922)
480:(1922)
472:(1922)
214:(1922)
179:Prison
144:Silent
398:IMDb
230:Cast
196:Plot
181:and
407:at
396:at
218:In
1038::
173:,
448:e
441:t
434:v
364:.
350:.
150:)
113:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
