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Lovers' Lane (1924 film)

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Lovers' Lane
Lobby card
Directed byPhil Rosen and William Beaudine (unconfirmed)
Written byClyde Fitch (play)
Dorothy Farnum (adaptation)
CinematographyCharles Van Enger
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • August 10, 1924 (1924-08-10)
Running time
53 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Budget$69,000[1]
Box office$201,000[1]

Lovers' Lane is a 1924 American silent romantic comedy based upon the play by Clyde Fitch and directed by Phil Rosen. It stars Robert Ellis and Gertrude Olmstead.[2]

Plot

A doctor in a small town is being pursued by a wealthy young woman who just won't give up, even after he repeatedly rejects her advances. His main concern is taking care of the health of the people in his town; hers is just to have a good time. Complications ensue.

Cast

Box office

According to Warner Bros records the film earned $182,000 domestically and $19,000 foreign.[1]

Preservation status

This film is now lost. Warner Bros. records of the film's negative have a notation, "Junked 12/27/48" (i.e. December 27, 1948). Warner Bros. destroyed many of its negatives in the late 1940s and 1950s due to pre-1933 nitrate film decomposition. No copies of Lover's Lane are known to exist.

References

  1. ^ a b c Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 3 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  2. ^ "Lovers' Lane". TCM. Retrieved 28 December 2013.