The Red Kimono

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The Red Kimono is a 1925 American silent drama film notable for its realistic portrayal of prostitution and for a landmark legal case over the unauthorized use of a real woman’s life story.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf silent film
associatedWith early feminist filmmaking
right to privacy in American law
basedOn life story of Gabrielle Darley
cinematographyBy James Diamond NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Walter Lang NERFINISHED
distributor Film Booking Offices of America NERFINISHED
editedBy Dorothy Arzner NERFINISHED
era silent era
featuresCharacter Gabrielle Darley NERFINISHED
filmFormat black-and-white
silent
filmingTechnique location shooting in Los Angeles
genre drama
social problem film
hasAlternativeTitle The Red Kimona NERFINISHED
hasTheme prostitution
redemption
social stigma
women's rights
notableFor involvement in landmark privacy law case
realistic portrayal of prostitution
originalLanguage Silent film with English intertitles
portrays a woman forced into prostitution
attempts at social rehabilitation of a former prostitute
legal and social consequences of prostitution
producer Dorothy Davenport NERFINISHED
Walter Lang NERFINISHED
productionCompany Mrs. Wallace Reid Productions NERFINISHED
releaseYear 1925
runningTime approximately 70 minutes
screenwriter Adela Rogers St. Johns NERFINISHED
Dorothy Arzner NERFINISHED
settingLocation Los Angeles NERFINISHED
New Orleans NERFINISHED
starred Carl Miller NERFINISHED
Priscilla Bonner NERFINISHED
Ruth Stonehouse NERFINISHED
Theodore von Eltz NERFINISHED
Virginia Pearson NERFINISHED
subjectOf Melvin v. Reid legal case NERFINISHED

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Priscilla Bonner notableWork The Red Kimono
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