Three Weeks is a 1924

1924 in film

-Events:* Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures to create Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer...

 drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by Alan Crosland

Alan Crosland

Alan Crosland was an American stage actor and film director.-Early life and career:Born in New York City, New York to a well-to-do family, Alan Crosland attended Dartmouth College. After graduation he took a job as a writer with the New York Globe magazine...

. The movie is based on the novel by Elinor Glyn

Elinor Glyn

Elinor Glyn , born Elinor Sutherland, was a British novelist and scriptwriter who pioneered mass-market women's erotic fiction. She popularized the concept It...

. Currently a lost film

Lost film

A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...

, FIAF database indicates a print is preserved by Russia's Gosfilmofond.

The novel had previously been made into a film in 1914

1914 in film

The year 1914 in film involved some significant events, including the debut of Cecil B. DeMille as a director.-Events:*The 3,300-seat Mark Strand Theatre opens in New York City....

, directed by Perry N. Vekroff

Perry N. Vekroff

Perry N. Vekroff , was an American film director, screenwriter and actor of the silent era. He directed 19 films between 1914 and 1922, including two film serials for the Universal Film Manufacturing Company and one for Pathé....

 and starring Madlaine Traverse

Madlaine Traverse

Madlaine Traverse was an American stage and screen actress from Cleveland, Ohio. Mary was her birth name. In the course of her career she is alternately billed as "Madaline Traverse", "Madeline Traverse" and "Madeline Travers".-Silent movie actress:Traverse was a leading lady of the Fox Film...

 and George C. Pearce

George C. Pearce

George C. Pearce was an American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 133 films between 1914 and 1939.He was born in New York, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:*Mrs...

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Plot

The Queen of Sardalia is in a bad marriage with the brutal King Constantine II. She decides to get away from her normal life for a period and goes on vacation to Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

. There, she meets Paul Verdayne. They have an affair, which lasts for three weeks.

Cast

• Aileen Pringle
  Aileen Pringle
  Aileen Pringle was an American stage and film actress during the silent film era.-Early life:Born Aileen Bisbee into a prominent and wealthy San Francisco, California family and educated in Europe, Pringle began her acting career shortly after her 1916 marriage to Charles McKenzie Pringle, the son...
  
   - The Queen
• Conrad Nagel
  Conrad Nagel
  Conrad Nagel was an American screen actor and matinee idol of the silent film era and beyond. He was also a well-known television actor and radio performer.-Biography:...
  
   - Paul Verdayne
• John St. Polis
  John St. Polis
  John St. Polis was an American actor. He appeared in 126 films between 1914 and 1943.He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:* Shadows...
  
   - The King
• H. Reeves-Smith - Sir Charles Verdayne
• Stuart Holmes - Petrovich
• Mitchell Lewis
  Mitchell Lewis
  Mitchell Lewis was an American film actor. He appeared in 200 films between 1914 and 1956. His best known role is Captain of the Winkie Guards in The Wizard of Oz, but he was uncredited. His lines were "She's dead...
  
   - Vassili
• Robert Cain - Verchoff
• Nigel De Brulier
  Nigel De Brulier
  Nigel De Brulier was an English film actor, who launched his career in the theatre stage in his native country and transferred to movies after moving to USA. His first film role was a poet in The Pursuit of the Phantom in 1914...
  
   - Dimitri
• Claire de Lorez - Mitze
• Dale Fuller
  Dale Fuller
  Dale Fuller has worked at a senior level in various software companies and is currently Chairman of the board at Webgistix Corporation.- Biography :...
  
   - Anna
• Helen Dunbar
  Helen Dunbar
  Helen Dunbar was an American theatrical performer and silent film actress.-Career:Born Katheryn Burke Lackey in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she first appeared with the Weber & Fields Stock Company, when it began its career on the New York stage...
  
   - Lady Henrietta Verdayne
• Alan Crosland Jr. - Young King of Sardalia
• Joan Standing
  Joan Standing
  Joan Standing was an English actress. She appeared in 63 films between 1919 and 1940.She was the daughter of Herbert Standing Jr. and granddaughter of Herbert Standing . Her uncles were Wyndham Standing, Sir Guy Standing, Percy Standing, Jr. and Jack Standing...
  
   - Isabella
• William Haines
  William Haines
  Charles William "Billy" Haines was an American film actor and interior designer. He was a star of the silent era until the 1930s, when Haines' career was cut short by MGM Studios due to his refusal to deny his homosexuality...
  
   - Curate
• George Tustain - Captain of the Guards

External links

• Three Weeks; allmovie.com