Name: Stardust
Released: 1921
Cast: Hope Hampton, Edna Ross, Thomas Maguire, Mary Foy, Charles Mussett

Cast & Crew

Hobart Henley

Director

Hope Hampton

Film Details

Release Date

Nov 21, 1921

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Hobart Henley Productions

Distribution Company

Associated First National Pictures

Country

United States

Screenplay Information

Based on the novel Stardust by Fannie Hurst (New York, 1919).

Technical Specs

Sound

Silent

Color

Black and White

Film Length

5,800ft (6 reels)

Synopsis

Lily Becker, daughter of middle-class parents in Iowa, has always aspired to be a musician but receives little sympathy from her environment. She is forced into an unhappy marriage with Albert Penny, son of wealthy parents, whose brutality proves unbearable; fleeing to New York, she is saved from starvation by a friendly chorus girl and gives birth to a child, which dies. On the point of suicide, she meets young composer Tom Clemons in Central Park, and their friendship ripens into love. In a restaurant, Lily is discovered by Antonio Marvelli, a vocal instructor, who recognizes her talent and offers to teach her for nothing. After a year of hard work, Lily is fitted for an operatic career and makes her debut in Thaïs. At the same time, she is freed from her husband by his death in a railroad accident and finds happiness and success with Tom.