The Red Kimono – Silent (1925)

Description

The Red Kimono (spelled as “The Red Kimona” in the opening credits) is a 1925 American silent drama film about prostitution produced by Dorothy Davenport (billed as Mrs. Wallace Reid) and starring Priscilla Bonner. This is the debut film of Director Walter Lang.

The title comes from a red-colored dress shown throughout the film, meant to symbolize the main character’s occupation as a “scarlet woman” (a prostitute).

Cast:

• Priscilla Bonner as Gabrielle Darley
• Nellie Bly Baker as Clara Johnson, Gabrielle’s neighbor
• Carl Miller as Howard Blaine
• Mary Carr as Prison Matron
• Virginia Pearson as Mrs. Beverly Fontaine
• Tyrone Power, Sr. as Gabrielle’s father
• Sheldon Lewis as District Attorney
• Theodore von Eltz as Terrance O’Day or, Freddy Fred the Chauffeur
• Emily Fitzroy as The Housekeeper
• George Siegmann as Mr. Mack, A Client
• Dot Farley as Inquisitive Woman
• Max Asher as H.E. Reid, a Jeweler
• Dorothy Davenport as Woman narrating the story (unbilled)
• Ellinor Vanderveer as Woman with Defense Attorney’s Wife
• Lottie Williams as Crying Woman in Rag Clothes in Courtroom