Two Shall Be Born

Two Shall Be Born
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Directed by	Whitman Bennett
Story by	Marie Conway Oemler
Starring	Jane Novak Kenneth Harlan Sigrid Holmquist
Cinematography	Edward Paul
Production company	Twin Pictures
Distributed by	Vitagraph Company of America
Release date	December 7, 1924 (1924-12-07)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Two Shall Be Born is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Whitman Bennett and starring Jane Novak, Kenneth Harlan, and Sigrid Holmquist.^[1] It was written by Marie Conway Oemler who was inspired by the short story "Two Shall Be Born" by Susan Marr Spalding.^[2]

Synopsis

A Polish countess on a mission to promote world peace, arrives in New York where she receives assistance from a traffic policeman who helps her thwart attempts to foil her mission.

Cast

• Jane Novak as Countess Mayra Zuleska
• Kenneth Harlan as Brian Kelly
• Sigrid Holmquist as Janet Van Wyck
• Frank Sheridan as Dominick Kelly
• Herman Lieb as Baron von Rittenheim
• Fuller Mellish as Count Florian
• Joseph Burke as Wenceslaus
• Blanche Craig as Aunt Honora Kelly
• Joseffa De Bok as Franciska
• Catharine Evans as Widow Callaghan
• Walter James as Hund

Preservation

With no prints of Two Shall Be Born located in any film archives,^[3] it is a lost film.

References

1. Van Heuckelom p. 41
2. Progressive Silent Film List: Two Shall Be Born at silentera.com
3. Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Two Shall Be Born

Bibliography

• Kris Van Heuckelom. Polish Migrants in European Film 1918–2017. Springer, 2019.

External links

• Two Shall Be Born at IMDb