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School Days
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Directed byWilliam Nigh
Screenplay byWalter DeLeon
Hoey Lawlor
William Nigh
Story byWilliam Nigh
Produced byHarry Rapf
StarringWesley Barry
George Lessey
Nellie Parker Spaulding
Margaret Seddon
Arline Blackburn
J.H. Gilmour
CinematographyJohn W. Brown
Sidney Hickox
Production
company
Harry Rapf Productions
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • December 25, 1921 (1921-12-25)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$133,000[1][2]
Box office$578,000 (worldwide rentals)[1][2]

School Days is a 1921 American comedy film directed by William Nigh, written by Walter DeLeon, Hoey Lawlor and William Nigh, and starring Wesley Barry, George Lessey, Nellie Parker Spaulding, Margaret Seddon, Arline Blackburn and J.H. Gilmour. It was released by Warner Bros. on December 25, 1921[3][4][5] and was Warner's biggest grossing film until The Sea Beast in 1926.[1]

Prints of School Days survives at the George Eastman House and UCLA Film and Television Archive with one reel missing.[6]

Plot

Cast

Box office

According to Warner Bros records the film earned $546,000 domestically and $32,000 foreign.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Glancy, H Mark (1995). "Warner Bros Film Grosses, 1921–51: the William Schaefer ledger". Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television. 15.
  2. ^ 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 1 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  3. ^ "School Days (1921) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  4. ^ Janiss Garza. "School Days (1921) - William Nigh". AllMovie. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  5. ^ "School Days". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  6. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: School Days