THE NEW COMMANDMENT 1925 WWI Silent Film Nurse Blanche Sweet & Soldier Ben Lyon

Description: Vintage original 11 x 14 in. US title lobby card from the 1920's WWI-themed silent film war drama/romance, THE NEW COMMANDMENT, released in 1926 by First National Pictures and directed by Howard Higgin. The design features a close color-tinted photographic image of American Red Cross nurse Renee Darcourt (Blanche Sweet) clutching the shoulders of American soldier Billy Morrow (Ben Lyon) which is complimented by artwork at the left depicting a battle scene near a trench. It is unrestored in near-fine condition. Based on the 1925 novel, "Invisible Wounds," by Frederick Palmer, Mrs. Ormsby Parr, a scheming society woman who has buried three husbands, hopes to arrange a marriage between her stepdaughter and Billy Morrow. She arranges for Billy's father to take them on a cruise to Europe. Off the coast of France, Billy learns of the scheme and makes for shore with his newfound friend, Red, an ex--taxi driver. In Paris they encounter artist Gaston Picard, who is bethrothed to the Countess Stoll but nevertheless is in love with his American model, Renée Darcourt. Billy and Renée fall in love, but he comes to doubt her intentions because of her profession and his suspicion of Picard. War breaks out, and he joins the Foreign Legion. He is wounded and taken to a hospital where Renée is a nurse. Their doubts and jealousies vanish and all ends happily. The cast includes Blanche Sweet, Ben Lyon, Holbrook Blinn, Clare Eames, Effie Shannon, Dorothy Cumming, Pedro de Cordoba, George Cooper, Diane Kane, Lucius Henderson, and Betty Jewel.

Price: 175 USD

Location: Valley Village, California

End Time: 2024-02-25T21:40:27.000Z

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