Newlywed Carl (Ralph Forbes) goes to war where he endures major suffering. Back home, wife Pauli (Lillian Gish) starves, becomes a prostitute to survive, and their baby dies.
The Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, formed by the film industry in 1922, regulated the content of films through a list of subjects that were to be avoided. While Lillian Gish portrayed a prostitute in The Enemy, this was acceptable as prostitution was not explicitly barred so long as it was not forced (i.e., white slavery) and aspects of her work were not shown in the film.[2]
enemy, 1927, film, enemy, 1927, american, silent, drama, film, directed, fred, niblo, starring, lillian, gish, ralph, forbes, ralph, emerson, film, thought, have, been, lost, years, until, copy, discovered, library, owned, turner, entertainment, however, film,. The Enemy is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo and starring Lillian Gish Ralph Forbes and Ralph Emerson The film was thought to have been lost for years until a copy was discovered at the MGM library now owned by Turner Entertainment However the film is still missing its final reel 1 Actor Joel McCrea made an early appearance as an extra The EnemyLobby cardDirected byFred NibloScreenplay byJohn ColtonWillis GoldbeckAgnes Christine JohnstonChanning PollockStarringLillian Gish Ralph Forbes Ralph EmersonCinematographyOliver T MarshEdited byMargaret BoothProductioncompanyMetro Goldwyn MayerDistributed byMetro Goldwyn MayerRelease dateDecember 8 1927 1927 12 08 Running time90 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguagesSilent English intertitles Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Censorship concern 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksPlot EditNewlywed Carl Ralph Forbes goes to war where he endures major suffering Back home wife Pauli Lillian Gish starves becomes a prostitute to survive and their baby dies Cast EditLillian Gish as Pauli Arndt Ralph Forbes as Carl Behrend Ralph Emerson as Bruce Gordon Frank Currier as Professor Arndt George Fawcett as August Bejremd Fritzi Ridgeway as Mitzi Winkelmann Hans Joby as Fritz Winkelmann credited as John S Peters Karl Dane as Jan Polly Moran as Baruska Billy Kent Schaefer as Kurt Louise Emmons uncredited Betty Jane Graham as Little girl uncredited Joel McCrea as Extra uncredited Censorship concern EditThe Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America formed by the film industry in 1922 regulated the content of films through a list of subjects that were to be avoided While Lillian Gish portrayed a prostitute in The Enemy this was acceptable as prostitution was not explicitly barred so long as it was not forced i e white slavery and aspects of her work were not shown in the film 2 See also EditList of American films of 1927 Lillian Gish filmography List of incomplete or partially lost filmsReferences Edit Progressive Silent Film List The Enemy silentera com Retrieved January 18 2010 Campbell Russell 1997 Prostitution and Film Censorship in the USA Screening the Past 2 C 6 Retrieved July 5 2020 External links EditThe Enemy at IMDb Synopsis at AllMovie Stills as silentfilmstillarchive com This article about a silent drama film from the 1920s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Enemy 1927 film amp oldid 1170739373, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
