Daughters of the Rich explained

Daughters of the Rich is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring Miriam Cooper, Gaston Glass, and Ethel Shannon based upon the 1900 novel of the same name by Edgar Saltus.^[1]

Cast

• Miriam Cooper as Maud Barhyte
• Gaston Glass as Gerald Welden
• Ethel Shannon as Mademoiselle Giselle
• Ruth Clifford as Sally Malakoff
• Josef Swickard as Maud's Father
• Truly Shattuck as Sally's Mother
• Stuart Holmes as Duc de Malakoff

Production

In the pre-release version of the film, Marjorie Daw played Cooper's character, Maud Barhyte. Apparently, a decision was made to emphasis Maud in the film over the Ruth Clifford character Sally Malakoff, which resulted in the change in cast for the released version of the film.^{[2] [3]}

Preservation

With no prints of Daughters of the Rich located in any film archives,^[4] it is a lost film.

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

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Notes and References

1. Goble p. 405
2. Web site: Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List . 2023-12-20 . www.silentera.com.
3. Web site: Daughters of the Rich . 2023-12-20 . www.tcm.com . en.
4. http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4658/default.html Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Daughters of the Rich