All Soul's Eve


All Soul's Eve is a 1921 American silent drama film. The film is based on the mystical 1920 Broadway play of the same name by Anne Crawford Flexner. Produced and distributed by Paramount offshoot Realart Pictures, All Soul's Eve was directed by Chester Franklin and starred Mary Miles Minter, who played two parts in the same scene through the use of double exposure. Some people believe that All Soul's Eve is the one night of the year when the spirits of the dead can appear to the living, and the film's plot revolves around this belief. The film is now considered lost.

Plot

The film's subject matter deals with mysticism and reincarnation. Based upon a summary in a film publication, Nora O'Hallahan comes to America only to find her mother dead. The Irish girl takes a position as the nurse for the Heath's child. Alice Heath is killed and, after almost losing himself through his grief, the artist husband Roger receives inspiration through Nora, who has grown marvelously like the dead wife through her love for the child. Nora's belief in the return of spirits is responsible for saving the child's life, while the artist feels that Alice has returned to him in the form of Nora, and he makes her his wife.

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