Anna Ascends (1922)
While working in Siad Coury’s coffeehouse in a Syrian neighborhood of New York City, Syrian immigrant Anna Ayyob falls in love with reporter, Howard Fisk, who is investigating a jewel smuggling ring. When she discovers that her co-worker, “The Baron,” is involved with international thieves Count and Countess Rostoff, Anna telephones Howard with the information, but the Baron attacks her. During the encounter, she believes she accidentally kills him, and disappears. Three years later, after anonymously writing a widely popular novel called Anna Ascends, based on her own life, Anna again meets Howard Fisk. To save Howard’s sister, Bessie Fisk, from marrying Count Rostoff, Anna exposes the jewel thief and confesses to the Baron’s murder. Fortunately, Howard’s investigation discloses that the Baron is very much alive. Her named cleared, Anna marries Howard.
Director: Victor Fleming
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Alice Brady as Anna Ayyob |
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Robert Ellis as Howard Fisk |
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David Powell as The Baron |
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Nita Naldi as Countess Rostoff |
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Frederick Burton as Mr. Fisk |
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Charles K. Gerrard as Count Rostoff |
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Edouard Durand as Siad Coury |
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Florence Dixon as Bessie Fisk |
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Grace Griswold as Miss Fisk |
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Benjamin De Casseres as City Editor |
| Camera | Gilbert Warrenton | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Margaret Turnbull | Writer |
| Directing | Victor Fleming | Director |
| Production | Adolph Zukor | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Louis Meyer | Visual Effects |
