Chastity (1923 film)

Chastity is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Katherine MacDonald, J. Gunnis Davis, and Huntley Gordon.^[1]

Chastity
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Directed by	Victor Schertzinger
Written by	Ernest Pascal
Produced by	B.P. Schulberg
Starring	Katherine MacDonald J. Gunnis Davis Huntley Gordon
Cinematography	Ernest Miller Joseph Brotherton
Edited by	Eve Unsell
Production company	Preferred Pictures
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date	December 31, 1923 (1923-12-31)
Running time	6 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[2] unsuccessful at first on the stage, Norma O'Neill finally wins Broadway recognition. Gossip links her name with that of Fergus Arlington, who had backed her. Darcy Roche, in love with Norma, is jealous of Fergus and reproaches Norma. Norma decides to leave the stage. She is reported as having been killed in an automobile accident, but the body is that of her understudy, mistaken for her. Later Darcy meets Norma in California, and she explains that Fergus was her guardian. The lovers are reunited.

Cast

• Katherine MacDonald as Norma O'Neill
• J. Gunnis Davis as Nat Mason
• J. Gordon Russell as Sam Wolfe
• Huntley Gordon as Darcy Roche
• Frederick Truesdell as Fergus Arlington
• Edythe Chapman as Mrs. Harris
• Verne Winter

Preservation

The film is now lost.^[3]