Sun-Up
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Directed byEdmund Goulding
Written byArthur F. Statter
Edmund Goulding
Based onSun-Up
1924 play
by Lula Vollmer
StarringPauline Starke
Conrad Nagel
Lucille La Verne
CinematographyJohn Arnold
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • September 20, 1925 (1925-09-20)
Running time
60 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

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

Preservation

A print of Sun-Up is preserved by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in their studio library.[4]

References

  1. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Sun-Up at silentera.com
  2. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Sun-Up
  3. ^ "New Pictures: Sun-Up", Exhibitors Herald, 22 (7), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 65, August 8, 1925, retrieved July 17, 2022 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Sun-Up

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Films by Edmund Goulding
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