The Red Kimona

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The Red Kimona is a 1925 American silent drama film, produced by Dorothy Davenport, that is notable for its socially conscious portrayal of prostitution and its basis in a real-life court case.

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instanceOf American film
drama film
feature film
silent film
alsoKnownAs The Red Kimono
associatedWithMovement social hygiene movement in film
basedOn real-life court case involving prostitution
cinematographyBy James Diamond
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Walter Lang
distributor Film Booking Offices of America
editedBy Doane Harrison
featuresTheme female victimization
moral reform
redemption
filmEra silent era
format black-and-white
genre drama
silent drama
social problem film
hasIntertitlesIn English
hasProducerCreditAs Mrs. Wallace Reid (Dorothy Davenport)
leadCharacterName Gabrielle Darley
legalIssue defamation lawsuit by the real-life woman portrayed
notableFor socially conscious portrayal of prostitution
use of a real person’s name from a court case
originalLanguage Silent film with English intertitles
portrays a woman forced into prostitution
producer Dorothy Davenport
Walter Lang
productionCompany Dorothy Davenport Productions
releaseDate 1925-11-27
releaseYear 1925
runningTime 77 minutes
setInPeriod early 20th century
starring Carl Miller
Priscilla Bonner
Ruth Stonehouse
Theodore von Eltz
Virginia Pearson
subjectMatter prostitution
social reform
women’s exploitation
writer Adela Rogers St. Johns
Dorothy Davenport

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Tyrone Power Sr. notableWork The Red Kimona
Frederick notableWork The Red Kimona
subject surface form: Tyrone Power Sr.