On November 23, 1924, the Regal Pictures production THE CHORUS LADY was released by Producers Distributing Corp. Margaret Livingston stars as a chorus girl whose fiancée's prize filly is blinded in a stable fire, forcing postponement of the wedding. Livingston returns to New York with her sister to work in the Follies. When the horse still wins a race, the fiancée follows her, only to apparently discover that she is having an affair with a gambler. However, he learns that it was her sister who had become romantically involved, and a reconciliation ensues.
Ralph Ince directed the six reel production from Bradley King's adaptation of the successful 1904 play of the same name by James Grant Forbes, which proved equally popular on the screen. $12,000 had been paid for the screen rights (with a $600 commission to the American Play Company). The total cost of the movie was $105,920. Regal Pictures was actually an umbrella for a series of lower-budget movies produced by Thomas Ince (elder brother of Ralph Ince), at his studio, but without putting his name on the movies, as I note in my Ince biography.
Ralph Ince directed the six reel production from Bradley King's adaptation of the successful 1904 play of the same name by James Grant Forbes, which proved equally popular on the screen. $12,000 had been paid for the screen rights (with a $600 commission to the American Play Company). The total cost of the movie was $105,920. Regal Pictures was actually an umbrella for a series of lower-budget movies produced by Thomas Ince (elder brother of Ralph Ince), at his studio, but without putting his name on the movies, as I note in my Ince biography.
