The Velvet Hand

The Velvet Hand

50 mins | Drama | Sept. 30, 1918

On a beach in southern Italy, Gianna Russelli practices her dancing with her devoted brother Russino, looking forward to the day when she will begin formal dance studies. One day the beautiful Countess Michetti comes to the village and engages in a flirtation with Russino, but when her former lover, Prince Viscomte, arrives with his closest friend, Count Paul Trovelli, the countess resumes her affair with the prince.

The Velvet Hand

50 mins | Drama | Sept. 30, 1918

The Velvet Hand
On a beach in southern Italy, Gianna Russelli practices her dancing with her devoted brother Russino, looking forward to the day when she will begin formal dance studies. One day the beautiful Countess Michetti comes to the village and engages in a flirtation with Russino, but when her former lover, Prince Viscomte, arrives with his closest friend, Count Paul Trovelli, the countess resumes her affair with the prince.
Producers Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Bluebird Photoplays
Original title The Velvet Hand
Directors Douglas Gerrard
Writers Edith Barnard Delano, F. McGrew Willis

Cast

Fritzi Brunette

as Gianna Russelli

William Conklin

as Count Paul Trovelli

Gino Corrado

as Russino Russelli (as Eugene Corey)

F.A. Turner

as Russo Russelli (as Fred Turner)

Wedgwood Nowell

as Prince Visconte (as Wedgewood Nowell)

Carmen Phillips

as Countess Michhetti

Nicholas Dunaew

as Secretary