The Talk of the Town (1918 film)

The Talk of the Town
Dorothy Phillips in film ad
Directed by	Allen Holubar
Written by	Allen Holubar (scenario) Harold Vickers (story)
Starring	Dorothy Phillips Lon Chaney
Cinematography	Fred LeRoy Granville
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	September 28, 1918 (1918-09-28)
Running time	6 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Talk of the Town is a 1918 American silent comedy film directed by Allen Holubar and featuring Lon Chaney.^[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[2] Genevra French (Phillips) has been raised without knowledge of worldly affairs. She convinces a family friend, Lawrence Tabor (Stowell), to marry her and then tells her husband that she has married him only so that she may see the spicy side of life, which she proceeds to do. Her husband gives her a free rein, and by this method convinces her that what she is doing is wrong. She becomes the kind of wife she should be, bringing happiness to both herself and her husband.

Cast

• Dorothy Phillips as Genevra French
• George Fawcett as Major French
• Clarissa Selwynne as Aunt Harriet
• William Stowell as Lawrence Tabor
• Lon Chaney as Jack Lanchome
• Gloria Joy as Genevra, age 5

Reception

Like many American films of the time, The Talk of the Town was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required a cut, in Reel 2, of four intertitles "Perhaps we should tell Genevra everything", "Genevra will learn of life when she marries", "And instead of a beautiful thing, nature becomes a hideous, alluring mystery", and "I never pretended to be a saint — you knew what it meant to play with me", first two kissing scenes before young woman locks herself in room, and first two scenes of woman struggling in man's arms in second room.^[3]

References

External links

• The Talk of the Town at the Internet Movie Database