Without Benefit of Clergy

Without Benefit of Clergy

Film still with Thomas Holding and Virginia Brown Faire
Directed by James Young
Produced by Robert Brunton
Written by Randolph Lewis
Based on Without Benefit of Clergy
by Rudyard Kipling
Starring Nigel De Brulier
Virginia Brown Faire
Cinematography Jack Okey
Distributed by Pathé Exchange
Release dates
  • June 19, 1921 (1921-06-19)
Running time
6 reels
Country United States
Language Silent

Without Benefit of Clergy is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by James Young and featuring Boris Karloff.[1] It is based on the story by Rudyard Kipling.[2] A print of the film still exists.[3][4]

Plot

As summarized in a review,[5] Holden, a young English engineer in India, falls in love with the native girl Ameera, so he buys her from her mother. They live together very happily and she until their baby son dies. Later Ameera dies during a cholera plague.

Cast

See also

References

  1. "Progressive Silent Film List: Without Benefit of Clergy". Silent Era. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
  2. Harold Bloom, ed. Rudyard Kipling. Chelsea House, 2004.
  3. Without Benefit of Clergy, SilentEra.com, retrieved 2013-12-13
  4. "Without Benefit of Clergy". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  5. "Plenty of Atmosphere in Undramatic Story", The Film Daily, p. 3, Jun 26, 1921, retrieved 2013-12-13
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