Black Oxen

Black Oxen is a 1923 American silent fantasyromantic drama film starring Corinne Griffith, Conway Tearle and Clara Bow. Directed by Frank Lloyd, the film is based on the controversial and bestselling 1922 novel of the same name by Gertrude Atherton.

Lee Clavering Tearle, a playwright in New York, falls in love with an Austrian countess, Madame Zatianny Griffith. Janet Oglethorpe Bow, an animated and precocious flapper, is also in love with Lee but he hasnt noticed yet. Unbeknownst to Lee, Madame Zatianny is actually 58 years old, and has retained her youth through a rejuvenating glandular treatment and Xray surgery. Lees plans to marry Madame Zatianny are thwarted when one of her former admirers reveals her embarrassing secret and, in the end, Lee discovers happiness with Janet.The George Eastman House retains a print of the film which is incomplete, comprising the first seven reels, but not the eighth. In 2010, it undertook restoration of the 35mm print, funded by The National Film Preservation Fund. The Gosfilmofond Russian State Archive also holds an incomplete copy, consisting of all reels with the exception of Reel 2. A DVD The New York Public Library has a 16mm print available in three film reels. A 60minute version mastered by eBay retailer Buyers Gallery Video is available on DVD. No complete version of the film is currently commercially available ........

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