The Fast Set
| The Fast Set | |
|---|---|
 Adolphe Menjou and Betty Compson | |
| Directed by | William C. deMille |
| Written by | Clara Beranger (scenario) |
| Based on | |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
| Starring | Betty Compson Adolphe Menjou |
| Cinematography | L. Guy Wilky |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Fast Set is a 1924 American silent comedy-drama film directed by William C. deMille and starring Betty Compson.[1][2] The film is based on the 1923 Broadway play, Spring Cleaning, by Frederick Lonsdale.[3]
Plot
[edit]As described in a review in a film magazine,[4] Richard Sones (Dexter), novelist, prefers the company of intellectuals, while his wife Margaret (Compson) prefers a fast set. Differences in tastes and a lack of understanding of each begin to alienate them, and Ernest Steele (Menjou), leader of the fast set, hastens the crisis by making love to Margaret. As an object lesson to his wife, Richard brings Mona (Pitts), a woman of the streets, to his wife's dinner party and tells the guests that her presence should not be resented as she is a professional in the same game they play as amateurs. Margaret decides upon a divorce until she learns that Steele is not eager to marry her. Steele then takes a hand, convincing Richard that he has been too inattentive and showing him how to win back his wife, who really loves him.
Cast
[edit]- Betty Compson as Margaret Sones
- Adolphe Menjou as Ernest Steele
- Elliott Dexter as Richard Sones
- ZaSu Pitts as Mona
- Dawn O'Day as Little Margaret Sones
- Grace Carlyle as Jane Walton
- Claire Adams as Fay Collen
- Rosalind Byrne as Connie Gallies
- Edgar Norton as Archie Wells
- Louis Natheaux as Billy Sommers
- Eugenio de Liguoro as Walters
- Fred Walton as Simpson
- Christina Montt (uncredited)
Preservation
[edit]The Fast Set is currently presumed lost.[5] In February of 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.[6]
See also
[edit]- Women Who Play (1932)
References
[edit]- ^ "The Fast Set". afi.com. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Fast Set". silentera.com. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
- ^ Spring Cleaning as produced on Broadway, Eltinge Theatre, November 1923-June 1924; 251 performances; IBDb.com
- ^ Smith, Sumner (November 29, 1924). "The Fast Set; William DeMille Produces Striking, Highly Sophisticated Domestic Drama for Paramount". The Moving Picture World. 71 (5). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 450. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ^ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Fast Set". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
- ^ "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29)" (PDF). National Film Preservation Board. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
External links
[edit]
- The Fast Set at IMDb
- Lobby or window card (Wayback Machine)
- Zasu Pitts in the film (archived)
- Anne Shirley, Zasu Pitts (archived)
- Anne Shirley, Zasu Pitts (archived)
- Movie herald The Fast Set (archived)
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- 1924 films
- American silent feature films
- Films directed by William C. deMille
- American films based on plays
- Paramount Pictures films
- 1924 comedy-drama films
- 1924 English-language films
- American black-and-white films
- 1924 lost films
- English-language comedy-drama films
- 1924 American films
- Lost American silent comedy-drama films
- Silent comedy-drama film stubs