Eleanor Boardman
Fernanda
Search results
Proud Flesh: Directed by King Vidor. With Eleanor Boardman, Pat O'Malley, Harrison Ford, Trixie Friganza. An aristocrat who was raised in Spain returns to the United States and falls in love with a plumber.
- (209)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- King Vidor
- 1925-04-27
- Plot
- Reception
- Theme
- References
- External Links
A San Francisco earthquakeorphan, Fernanda (Boardman) is adopted and raised as a gentlewoman by relatives in Spain. As a girl she is courted by Don Jaime (Ford), but spurns him and returns to her gauche relatives in California. There she falls in love with a young bathtub manufacturer, Pat (O’Malley).
Mordaunt Hall, critic for The New York Times, called the film "a bright entertainment in which there are a slight touch of heart interest and plenty of amusement."
Vidor made this film, the last of a cycle of four films, in the years just following World War I. The isolationist outlook of many Americans with regard to war-ravaged Europe prompted Vidor to locate the sources of “sexual experimentation and marital triangles” and other social infidelities of the Jazz Age in the Old World. Decadent European manner...
Baxter, John. 1976. King Vidor. Simon & Schuster, Inc. Monarch Film Studies. LOC Card Number 75-23544.Durgnat, Raymond and Simmon, Scott. 1988. King Vidor, American. University of California Press, Berkeley. ISBN 0-520-05798-8Proud Flesh at IMDbProud Flesh at the TCM Movie DatabaseCurrently you are able to watch "Proud Flesh" streaming on Fandor Amazon Channel. Synopsis It is 1886 in South Dakota, and Harrius, a 70-year old wounded wanderer, seeks redemption.
- Chiara Giovando, Jenny Graf Sheppard
- 1
- Inge-Lise Sheppard
Currently you are able to watch "Proud Flesh" streaming on Public Domain Movies for free. Synopsis. The snooty Fernanda decides to leave Spain to visit her uncle in San Francisco in order to escape the attentions of the dandy, amorous Don Diego, but he follows her. She is rescued from a wild taxi ride by a passerby who owns a huge plumbing company.
- Fernanda; Patrick O'Malley; Don Jaime
- King Vidor
- 1925
- 1
Film Details. Genre. Comedy. Drama. Romance. Silent. Release Date. Apr 27, 1925. Premiere Information. not available. Production Company. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Country. United States. Screenplay Information. Based on the novel Proud Flesh by Lawrence Rising (New York, 1924). Technical Specs. Sound. Silent. Color.
- King Vidor, David Howard
- Eleanor Boardman
Stream 'Proud Flesh' and watch online. Discover streaming options, rental services, and purchase links for this movie on Moviefone. Watch at home and immerse yourself in this movie's story...
Overview. The snooty Fernanda decides to leave Spain to visit her uncle in San Francisco in order to escape the attentions of the dandy, amorous Don Diego, but he follows her. She is rescued from a wild taxi ride by a passerby who owns a huge plumbing company.
