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St. Elmo is a american film of genre Drama directed by Jerome Storm released in USA on 30 september 1923 with John Gilbert

St. Elmo (1923)

St. Elmo
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Released in USA 30 september 1923
Length 1h
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama

St. Elmo is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Jerome Storm. Distributed by Fox Film Corporation, the film is based on the 1867 novel of the same name written by Augusta Jane Evans. Today St. Elmo is a lost film.

Synopsis

When St. Elmo Thornton catches his fiancée Agnes in the arms of his best friend Murray Hammond, he shoots Hammond and decides to travel around the world in hopes of forgetting women. Upon returning, he meets Edna, the blacksmith's daughter who is living with his minister. In the end, St. Elmo becomes a minister and marries Edna.

Actors

John Gilbert

(St. Elmo Thornton)
Barbara La Marr

(Agnes Hunt)
Bessie Love

(Edna Earle)
Warner Baxter

(Murray Hammond)
Nigel De Brulier

(Rev. Alan Hammond)
Lydia Knott

(Mrs. Thornton)
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