Strangers of the Night
Appearance
Strangers of the Night | |
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Directed by | Fred Niblo |
Written by | Lenore J. Coffee Bess Meredyth Renaud Hoffman C. Gardner Sullivan |
Based on | Captain Applejack by Walter C. Hackett |
Produced by | Fred Niblo Louis B. Mayer |
Starring | Matt Moore Enid Bennett Barbara La Marr Robert McKim |
Cinematography | Alvin Wyckoff |
Edited by | Lloyd Nosler |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Metro Pictures |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Strangers of the Night is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Fred Niblo. It was produced by Louis B. Mayer and released through Metro Pictures.[1]
The film was adapted by C. Gardner Sullivan from the 1921 stage play, Captain Applejack, by Walter C. Hackett, which on Broadway had starred Wallace Eddinger.[2][3] It was remade as a talkie by Warner Brothers in 1931 under the Captain Applejack title. The 1923 film is now lost.[4]
Cast
- Matt Moore as Ambrose Applejohn
- Enid Bennett as Poppy Faire
- Barbara La Marr as Anna Valeska
- Robert McKim as Borolsky
- Mathilde Brundage as Mrs. Whatcombe
- Emily Fitzroy as Mrs. Pengard
- Otto Hoffman as Horace Pengard
- Tom Ricketts as Lush (as Thomas Ricketts)
References
- ^ "New York Times: Strangers of the Night". NY Times. Retrieved June 8, 2008.
- ^ Captain Applejack as produced on Broadway at the Cort Theatre, Dec 1921-June 1922; IBDb.com
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Strangers of the Night at silentera.com
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Strangers of the Night
External links
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Categories:
- 1923 films
- 1923 comedy films
- American films
- American comedy films
- American silent feature films
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by Fred Niblo
- American films based on plays
- Films based on adaptations
- Lost American films
- Films produced by Louis B. Mayer
- Metro Pictures films
- 1923 lost films
- Lost comedy films
- 1920s comedy film stubs