| The Only Thing | |
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| Directed by | Jack Conway |
| Written by | Elinor Glyn |
| Based on | The Only Thing by Elinor Glyn |
| Produced by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Starring | Eleanor Boardman Conrad Nagel Edward Connelly |
| Cinematography | Chester A. Lyons |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 6reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (Englishintertitles) |
The Only Thing (also known under itsworking titleFour Flaming Days) is a 1925 Americansilentromantic drama film starringEleanor Boardman. The film's scenario was written by authorElinor Glyn (who also oversaw the film's production), and was based on a story adapted from Glyn's novel of the same name.[1]
It was the first filmJack Conway directed forMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer where he remained for until his retirement in 1948.[2] The film is also notable for featuring a youngJoan Crawford in her eighth film role playing a minor part as alady in waiting.[3]
As described in a review in a film magazine,[4] a handsome and titled Englishman visits a Balkan kingdom and falls madly in love with a young princess who has come to marry the elderly, grouchy, and ugly king. He determines to save her even against her will and so daring and ardent is his lovemaking that she is about to consent when she determines that duty to the state comes first. A revolution occurs and the hero, when he finds that death has been decreed for all aristocrats, who are tied in pairs and send out to drown in leaky barges, contrives to be paired with her. A warship sent by her country saves them and they find happiness together.
Before the film could be exhibited inKansas, the Kansas Board of Review required the elimination of the Duke kissing a woman on her neck and breast, and to shorten a kissing scene.[5]
A complete print ofThe Only Thing is held in theGeorge Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection.[6]
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