Out of a Clear Sky

Out of a Clear Sky

Still published in a film magazine
Directed by Marshall Neilan
Produced by Adolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
Written by Charles Maigne (scenario)
Based on Out of a Clear Sky
by Maria Thompson Daviess
Starring Marguerite Clark
Cinematography Walter Stradling
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release dates
September 22, 1918
Running time
50 minutes
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Out of a Clear Sky is a lost[1] 1918 American silent romance drama film starring Marguerite Clark and directed by Marshall Neilan. Based upon a novel by Maria Thompson Daviess, Famous Players-Lasky produced the film and Paramount Pictures distributed.[2][3]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,[4] Celeste (Clark), Countess of Bersek et Krymm, a self-willed Belgian maiden, refuses to be used as a pawn of state to further the political ambitions of her scheming Uncle Dyreck (Ratcliffe), who has ordered her to marry a German prince. When he insists, Celeste slips away with her governess and steams to New York City. Uncle Dyreck follows and begs her to return to Belgium, but she refuses. She goes to Tennessee followed by her persistent relative, and ultimately finds herself alone and friendless in a mountain gorge. A prey to despair, she is discovered by Robert Lawrence (Meighan), a wealthy land owner, who promises to help her. Learning that Uncle Dyreck is in the vicinity, Robert leaves Celeste and seeks him out to throw him off the scent. In his absence, Celeste goes to a cabin and is prevailed upon by a boy to visit his granny in the mountains. They scarcely had left the cabin when it is hit by lightning and destroyed. On his return, Robert finds fragments of Celeste's dress and believes she died in the cabin. He finds her later, and tells her that he can rid her of her uncle by showing him the charred remains of her dress and saying that she died. Celeste approves of the plan and Uncle Dyreck gives up his search. Robert and Celeste plight their troth.

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