Sun-Up
Sign in to saveSun-Up is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Edmund Goulding based upon a successful 1924 play of the same name by Lula Vollmer. The film stars Lucille La Verne, replaying her successful New York stage role, Pauline Starke, and Conrad Nagel.
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10.0When she hears her boy has been killed in WWI a vengeful Kentucky hills mother shelters a deserter as a protest.When the boy returns she asks him to kill the deserter who she learns is the son of a murderous revenue agent.
Released: 1925-09-2060 minDir: Edmund GouldingDrama
Cast
- Pauline Starke as Emmy
- Conrad Nagel as Rufe
- Lucille La Verne as Mother
- Sam De Grasse as Sheriff Weeks
- George K. Arthur as Stranger
- Arthur Rankin as Bud
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1925
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- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- silent film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Director
- Edmund Goulding
- Cast member
- Lucille La Verne
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- John Arnold
- Narrative location
- Kentucky
- Duration
- +60
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Sun-Up is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Edmund Goulding based upon a successful 1924 play of the same name by Lula Vollmer. The film stars Lucille La Verne, replaying her successful New York stage role, Pauline Starke, and Conrad Nagel.
==Plot== As described in a film magazine reviews, Rufe, the son of a murdered Appalachian moonshiner, outpoints his rival, Sheriff Weeks, when he marries Emmy before going to serve in the War. A deserter is concealed by Rufe’s mother and later she learns that he is the son of the murderer of her husband. When she is about to kill the stranger in cold blood, she is notified that her son has been killed in the war and that he would not commit such a deed. She permits the young man to make his escape.