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Lord Jim (1925 film)

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Lord Jim
Theatrical poster
Directed byVictor Fleming
Written byScreenplay:
George C. Hull
John Russell
Based onLord Jim
1900 novel
by Joseph Conrad
StarringPercy Marmont
Shirley Mason
Noah Beery
CinematographyFaxon M. Dean
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • November 15, 1925 (1925-11-15)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Lord Jim is a 1925 American silent drama film starring Percy Marmont (in the title role), Noah Beery, and Duke Kahanamoku. The film was directed by Victor Fleming and based on the 1900 novel Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad.[1][2]

Plot

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As described in a review in a film magazine,[3] Jim (Marmont) is a seaman who joins a cowardly captain and his stenchful crew in deserting a boatload of Muslim pilgrims on their way to Mecca. He is hypnotized into turning his back on his duty, but hypnotism is no alibi in an Admiralty Court and he loses his mate's certificate. The stigma follows him until an understanding merchant sends him to a remote Malay settlement, where he grows in power until he shares authority with the son of the Rajah. The captain and his crew, likewise blacklisted, have turned pirates and are led to the settlement by the former factor at the settlement, whom Jim has kept on through a fellow feeling of pity until he has become impossible. The same pity for the under dog leads him to turn the pirates loose, and they repay his generous act by killing the son of the Rajah. Jim pays with his own life for the loss of the Rajah's son.

Cast

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Preservation

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A print of Lord Jim is preserved at the Library of Congress and the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 published by The American Film Institute, c.1971
  2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Lord Jim at silentera.com
  3. ^ Sargent, Epes W. (November 28, 1925). "Through the Box Office Window: Lord Jim; foseph Conrad's Story Vividly Presented With Percy Marmont as the Man Who Won". The Moving Picture World. 77 (4). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 343. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  4. ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 106, published by The American Film Institute, c.1978
  5. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Lord Jim
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