One Night in Rome

One Night in Rome is a 1924 American silent drama film starring Laurette Taylor. The film was directed by Clarence G. Badger and written by J. Hartley Manners, Taylor's husband, and based upon his play of the same name. Laurette Taylor was a great name of the American theatre, who made only three films in a triumph-studded career, all of them derived from plays by her husband.^[1] This was the last of those three films (the previous two had been done by Metro Pictures). Taylor seems to have enjoyed making One Night in Rome as she kept a personal print of the movie to always show guests at her home, re-running it over and over again.^[2]

One Night in Rome
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Directed by	Clarence G. Badger
Written by	J. Hartley Manners
Based on	One Night in Rome by J. Hartley Manners
Produced by	Metro Goldwyn
Starring	Laurette Taylor Warner Oland Alan Hale Tom Moore
Cinematography	Rudolph J. Bergquist
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn
Release date	September 29, 1924 (1924-09-29)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

Madame L'Enigme is a fortune-teller whose client Mario recognises her as a woman who disappeared in a cloud of scandal after her husband's suicide.

Cast

• Laurette Taylor as Duchess Mareno / Madame L'Enigme
• Tom Moore as Richard Oak
• Alan Hale as Duke Mareno
• William Humphrey as George Milburne
• Joseph J. Dowling as Prince Danieli
• Miss DuPont as Zephyer Redlynch
• Warner Oland as Mario Dorando
• Brandon Hurst as Count Beetholde
• Edna Tichenor as Italian Maid
• Ralph Yearsley as Gardner

Preservation

A print of One Night in Rome survives in the Gosfilmofond archive in Moscow.^[3][4]