Sun-Up
1925 film
- September 20, 1925 (1925-09-20)
Running time
Sun-Up is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Edmund Goulding based upon a successful 1924 play of the same name by Lula Vollmer. The film stars Lucille La Verne, replaying her successful New York stage role, Pauline Starke, and Conrad Nagel.[1][2]
Plot
As described in a film magazine reviews,[3] Rufe, the son of a murdered Appalachian moonshiner, outpoints his rival, Sheriff Weeks, when he marries Emmy before going to serve in the War. A deserter is concealed by Rufe’s mother and later she learns that he is the son of the murderer of her husband. When she is about to kill the stranger in cold blood, she is notified that her son has been killed in the war and that he would not commit such a deed. She permits the young man to make his escape.
Cast
- Pauline Starke as Emmy
- Conrad Nagel as Rufe
- Lucille La Verne as Mother
- Sam De Grasse as Sheriff Weeks
- George K. Arthur as Stranger
- Arthur Rankin as Bud
- Edward Connelly as Pap Todd
- Bainard Beckwith as Bob
Preservation
A print of Sun-Up is preserved by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in their studio library.[4]
References
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Sun-Up at silentera.com
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Sun-Up
- ^ "New Pictures: Sun-Up", Exhibitors Herald, 22 (7), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 65, August 8, 1925, retrieved July 17, 2022
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Sun-Up
External links
- Sun-Up at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Stills at silenthollywood.com
- Lobby card at www.gettyimages.com
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Films by Edmund Goulding
- Sun-Up (1925)
- Sally, Irene and Mary (1926)
- Paris (1926)
- Women Love Diamonds (1927)
- Love (1927)
- The Trespasser (1929)
- Paramount on Parade (1930)
- The Devil's Holiday (1930)
- Reaching for the Moon (1930)
- Grand Hotel (1932)
- Blondie of the Follies (1932)
- Riptide (1934)
- The Flame Within (1935)
- That Certain Woman (1937)
- White Banners (1938)
- The Dawn Patrol (1938)
- Dark Victory (1939)
- The Old Maid (1939)
- We Are Not Alone (1939)
- 'Til We Meet Again (1940)
- The Great Lie (1941)
- Forever and a Day (1943)
- The Constant Nymph (1943)
- Claudia (1943)
- Of Human Bondage (1946)
- The Razor's Edge (1946)
- Nightmare Alley (1947)
- Everybody Does It (1949)
- Mister 880 (1950)
- We're Not Married! (1952)
- Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1953)
- Teenage Rebel (1956)
- Mardi Gras (1958)
- The Perfect Lover (1919)
- The Devil (1921)
- Tol'able David (1921)
- Peacock Alley (1922)
- Broadway Rose (1922)
- Fury (1923)
- Dark Secrets (1923)
- Jazzmania (1923)
- The Bright Shawl (1923)
- Tiger Rose (1923)
- Dante's Inferno (1924)
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