Revelation is a 1924 film starring Viola Dana, Monte Blue, and Lew Cody. The film was directed and written by George D. Baker and based upon a popular novel, The Rosebud of a Thousand Years. Dana was one of the top stars of the newly amalgamated MGM, a lively comedian who enjoyed a long career that faded with the emergence of the talkies. In 1918, Metro Pictures (now called MGM) filmed Revelation again, starring Alla Nazimova and again directed by Baker.
Plot
Joline Hofer (Viola Dana) is a profligate Montmartre dancer who left her illegitimate child in a convent. Paul Granville (Monte Blue) is an American artist who becomes smitten by the dancer, and uses her for his portraits of great women. When one of Paul's paintings, of the Madonna, appears to result in a miracle, Joline's life is changed forever, as she reforms, reclaims her child, and marries the artist.
Cast
Viola Dana - Joline Hofer
Monte Blue - Paul Granville
Marjorie Daw - Mademoiselle Brevoort
Lew Cody - Count Adrian de Roche
Frank Currier - Prior
Edward Connelly - Augustin
Kathleen Key - Madonna
Ethel Wales - Madame Hofer
George Siegmann - Hofer
Otto Matieson - Du Clos
Bruce Guerin - Jean Hofer
Preservation status
This film has been preserved by MGM.