Havoc
Directed byRowland V. Lee
Written byEdmund Goulding
Based onHavoc
by Henry Wall
Produced byWilliam Fox
StarringMadge Bellamy
George O'Brien
Walter McGrail
CinematographyG.O. Post
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film
Release date
  • September 27, 1925 (1925-09-27)
Running time
9 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Havoc is a 1925 American silent war drama film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Madge Bellamy, George O'Brien, and Walter McGrail.[1][2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine reviews,[3] in England before the outbreak of the First World War, Captain Roddy Dunton and Lieutenant Dick Chappel court the same woman, Violet Deering. She becomes engaged to Dunton, and Chappel accepts her choice. On leave from the British Army on the Western Front, Chappel brings Violet a message from Dunton. Violet infatuates him and Dunton's sister Tessie sees them embrace. Violet, trapped, breaks her engagement with Dunton. When Chappel returns to the trenches, Dunton, angered, persuades Chappel to take part in a reckless attack on the German lines, hoping he will be killed. Instead, the brave Chappel is badly wounded. Later, full of remorse, Dunton shoots himself, committing suicide. Chappel returns home where he denounces Violet and is nursed back to health by Dunton's sister Tessie.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Solomon p. 83
  2. ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Havoc at silentera.com
  3. ↑ "New Pictures: Havoc", Exhibitors Herald, Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company, 22 (12): 53, September 12, 1925, retrieved September 6, 2022 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Bibliography

  • Solomon, Aubrey. The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2011.
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