The Redeeming Sin (1925 film)

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The Redeeming Sin
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Directed by	J. Stuart Blackton
Written by	Marian Constance Blackton
Based on	"The Redeeming Sin" (short story) by L. V. Jefferson
Produced by	Albert E. Smith
Starring	Alla Nazimova Lou Tellegen
Cinematography	L. William O'Connell
Distributed by	Vitagraph Company of America
Release date	January 25, 1925 (1925-01-25)
Running time	7 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Redeeming Sin is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by J. Stuart Blackton and starring Alla Nazimova. It was produced and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America.^[1]^[2] The story was remade in 1929 by Warner Bros. (the later purchaser of Vitagraph) as The Redeeming Sin starring Dolores Costello.

Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine,^[3] Joan (Nazimova), member of a band of Apache thieves, resents the attention of Lupin (Tellegen), their leader. She leaves and goes to the café of Papa ChuChu (Harlan), where a bunch of aristocrats see her dancing. One of them, Paul Dubois (Miller), is attracted to her. Lupin, jealous, waits outside to take her back, but she remains in the café all night. The next morning she meets Paul and tells him she wants to become a lady; he fastidiously suggests things that will help her and she takes him seriously. Later he is impressed by her earnestness and becomes interested in her, and she falls in love with him. One day she sees him attentive to another woman and becomes so jealous that she returns to Lupin and tells him of a statue of the Madonna with a pearl necklace that Paul's mother is giving the church, and makes him promise to that he will get the pearls and kill Paul. She is to give the signal, but discovers that the girl is Paul's sister. It is too late to stop Lupin. For days she broods, and Lupin, who loves her blindly, takes back the pearls, but he is wounded by one of his followers. In the church Joan sees Paul and is overjoyed that he was only slightly injured. However, the sight of the wounded Lupin brings her to the realization that it is Lupin that she really loves.

Cast

Alla Nazimova as Joan
Lou Tellegen as Lupin
Carl Miller as Paul Dubois
Otis Harlan as Papa ChuChu
Rosita Marstini as Mere Michi
William R. Dunn as Gaston
Rose Tapley as Marquise

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Preservation

With no prints of The Redeeming Sin located in any film archives,^[4] it is a lost film.^[5]

References

^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Redeeming Sin at silentera.com
^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Redeeming Sin
^ Sewell, Charlws S. (January 31, 1925). "The Redeeming Sin; Viagraph Offers Nazimova in Blackton Pictures of Paris Underworld that is Heavily Darmatic". The Moving Picture World. 72 (5). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 448. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Redeeming Sin
^ The Redeeming Sin (1925) at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted (Wayback Machine) Retrieved July 21, 2018

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v t e Films directed by J. Stuart Blackton
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Short films	The Humpty Dumpty Circus (1898) The Enchanted Drawing (1900) Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom (1905) Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906) The Automobile Thieves (1906) The Haunted Hotel (1907) A Curious Dream (1907) Macbeth (1908) Romeo and Juliet (1908) Antony and Cleopatra (1908) Oliver Twist (1909) Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy (1909) Les Misérables (1909) A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)
Related	Vitagraph Studios Paula Blackton (wife) Marian Constance Blackton (daughter)

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