Daughters of the Rich

Daughters of the Rich
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Directed by	Louis J. Gasnier
Written by	Olga Printzlau Josephine Quirk
Based on	Daughters of the Rich by Edgar Saltus
Produced by	B.P. Schulberg
Starring	Miriam Cooper Gaston Glass Ethel Shannon
Cinematography	Karl Struss
Production company	B.P. Schulberg Productions
Distributed by	Preferred Pictures
Release date	June 15, 1923 (1923-06-15)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Daughters of the Rich is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring Miriam Cooper, Gaston Glass, and Ethel Shannon based upon the 1900 novel of the same name by Edgar Saltus.^[1]

Cast

• Miriam Cooper as Maud Barhyte
• Gaston Glass as Gerald Welden
• Ethel Shannon as Mademoiselle Giselle
• Ruth Clifford as Sally Malakoff
• Josef Swickard as Maud's Father
• Truly Shattuck as Sally's Mother
• Stuart Holmes as Duc de Malakoff

Production

In the pre-release version of the film, Marjorie Daw played Cooper's character, Maud Barhyte. Apparently, a decision was made to emphasis Maud in the film over the Ruth Clifford character Sally Malakoff, which resulted in the change in cast for the released version of the film.^[2][3]

Preservation

With no prints of Daughters of the Rich located in any film archives,^[4] it is a lost film.

References

1. Goble p. 405
2. "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". www.silentera.com. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
3. "Daughters of the Rich". www.tcm.com. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
4. Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Daughters of the Rich^{[dead link‍]}

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• Daughters of the Rich at IMDb
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