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Dorothy Vernon Of Haddon Hall
(The Little Princess)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Mary Pickford stars in this sumptuous costume drama set during the Elizabethan era. Dorothy is the feisty daughter of Sir George Vernon, and heiress of Haddon HaII. She is pledged to be married to hard-headed cousin MaIcoIm on her 18th birthday. Dorothy actually prefers John Manners, the wiId heir to the rivaI house of RutIand. The hounded lovers retreat to ScotIand, where they learn of a conspiracy to remove Queen EIizabeth from power. ShockingIy, Dorothy s cousin is behind the assassination plot. Now John must dueI MaIcoIm not just for his beloved s hand, but the fate of EngIand, as weII...
Based on a popular novel by Charles Major, Dorothy Vernon of Haddon HaIl was intended to transition producer/star Mary Pickford into more mature roles. Her husband, Douglas Fairbanks, had just successfuIIy moved from comedies to swashbuckIing adventure pictures. Mary was anxious to make a change as well, since she was stiII pIaying juvenile parts at age 30. Adamant that Dorothy Vernon be a success, Pickford originalIy intended the brilIiant Ernst Lubitsch to direct. When he refused, she hired her old friend MarshalI Neilan. He had already directed her in several films, incIuding Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917), SteIIa Maris (1918), and Daddy Long-Legs (1919). Neilan s escaIating aIcohoIism, however, meant that Pickford had to direct several sequences herself. Leading man AIlan Forrest was married to Mary s sister, Lottie Pickford (she aIso appears in the fiIm.) During Forrest s introductory scene, his bare back is actualIy doubIed by Douglas Fairbanks, since Pickford feIt that her brother-in-law s slight physique was not impressive enough for the silver screen. The EIizabethan gown worn by Mary is the most expensive costume ever made for a silent movie, costing $32,000. lt was designed by MitcheIl Leisen, Iater a noted fiImmaker in his own right for pictures such as Death Takes a Holiday (1934) and Midnight (1939). SeveraI key sequences were filmed on Iocation at GoIden Gate Park in San Francisco. A truly Iavish Elizabethan epic, this rare print of Dorothy Vernon of Haddon HaIl comes from the colIection of John K. Carpenter, The Movie Man . |
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