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The Wives of the Prophet

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The Wives of the Prophet
Directed byJames A. Fitzgerald
Written byOpie Read (novel)
StarringOrville Caldwell
Alice Lake
Violet Mersereau
CinematographyLarry Williams
Production
company
J.A. Fitzgerald Productions
Distributed byLee-Bradford Corporation
Release date
  • January 1926 (1926-01)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Wives of the Prophet is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by James A. Fitzgerald and starring Orville Caldwell, Alice Lake, and Violet Mersereau.[1]

Plot

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As described in a film magazine review,[2] a religious sect in the Tennessee mountains expect the arrival of a prophet for whom five young women have been selected to be his wives. Howard, a young lawyer, accidentally witnesses their annual ritual, makes a sketch of Judith, one of the designated five young women, which is then reproduced as a tattoo on his chest. He is declared by the elders to be the Prophet and united to Judith and the other four women in a ritual in a huge cave. Of these, Alma has a sweetheart, Warner Richmond. Later, after avoiding moonshiners and their whiskey still and other adventures, he escapes to the outside world with Judith.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ McCaffrey & Jacobs p. 92
  2. ^ Pardy, George T. (9 January 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: The Wives of the Prophet", Motion Picture News, 33 (2), New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc.: 193, retrieved 8 January 2023 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Bibliography

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  • Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-313-30345-2
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