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The Rendezvous (1923 film)

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The Rendezvous
Still with Ricksen
Directed byMarshall Neilan
Written byJosephine Lovett
Story byMadeleine Ruthven
Produced byGoldwyn Pictures
StarringRichard Travers
Lucille Ricksen
Conrad Nagel
CinematographyDavid Kesson
Distributed byGoldwyn Pictures
Release date
  • November 11, 1923 (1923-11-11)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Rendezvous is a 1923 American silent adventure melodrama film with comedic overtones directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Richard Travers, Conrad Nagel, Lucille Ricksen, and Syd Chaplin. It was produced and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures.[1]

Plot

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As described in a film magazine review,[2] in the Russian Empire, Prince Sergei and his wife Varvara are exiled to Siberia by the Tsar Nicholas II. Varvara dies giving birth to a daughter, Vera, who is left in a friend's care by the father. 18 years later, Cossacks raid the country. Walter Stanford, an officer in the American Expeditionary Force, Siberia, rescues Vera from a Cossack raid at a shrine, but she is forced to wed a Cossack chief. After the chief is killed, Vera and Stanford are united and they marry.

Cast

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Production

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The film was shot in San Francisco and Los Angeles using real-life U.S. Army soldiers as extras.[3]

Preservation status

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This is a surviving silent film preserved by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[4]

References

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  1. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: The Rendezvous
  2. ^ Pardy, George T. (January 12, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: The Rendezvous". Exhibitors Trade Review. 15 (7). New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 22. Retrieved June 8, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "The Rendezvous". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  4. ^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Rendezvous
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