The Rustle of Silk is a 1923 American silent romantic drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Betty Compson. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the 1922 novel by writer Cosmo Hamilton.[1][2]
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| Directed by | Herbert Brenon |
| Written by | Sada Cowan Ouida Bergère |
| Based on | The Rustle of Silk by Cosmo Hamilton |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
| Starring | Betty Compson Conway Tearle |
| Cinematography | George R. Meyer James Van Trees (additional photography) |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
![](http://wiki.nitrosworld.org/wiki/File:Betty_Compson_in_"The_Rustle_of_Silk"_1923-May.png)
Cast
edit- Betty Compson as Lala De Breeze
- Conway Tearle as Arthur Fallaray
- Cyril Chadwick as Paul Chalfon
- Anna Q. Nilsson as Lady Feo
- Leo White as Emil
- Charles A. Stevenson as Henry De Breeze
- Tempe Pigott as Mrs. De Breeze
- Frederick Esmelton as Blythe (*as Fred Esmelton)
- Anne Shirley as Girl (credited as Dawn O'Day)
Preservation
editThe Rustle of Silk is currently presumed lost.[3] In February of 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.[4]
References
edit- ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: The Rustle of Silk at silentera.com
- ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Rustle of Silk
- ↑ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Rustle of Silk". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved April 19, 2026. Cite error: Unknown parameter "loc" in
<ref>tag; supported parameters are dir, follow, group, name (see the help page). - ↑ "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29)" (PDF). National Film Preservation Board. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Rustle of Silk.
- The Rustle of Silk at IMDb
- 1st edition cover of Cosmo Hamilton's book with still from the 1923 film
- Cosmo Hamilton's book illustrated with stills from the film on pages 1, 50, 130, and 170, on the Internet Archive
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