The New York Idea (1920 film)
| The New York Idea | |
|---|---|
_-_Brady_%26_Sherman.jpg) Film still with Alice Brady and Lowell Sherman | |
| Directed by | Herbert Blache Marcel Del Sano (asst. director) |
| Written by | Langdon Mitchell (play) Mary Murillo (scenario) |
| Produced by | Realart |
| Cinematography | Jacques Bizeul |
| Distributed by | Realart Pictures Corporation |
Release date | November 27, 1920 |
Running time | 5 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The New York Idea is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Herbert Blache and starring Alice Brady. The film was produced and distributed by Realart Pictures, an Adolph Zukor affiliate of his bigger Paramount Pictures.
The film is based on a 1906 Broadway play by Langdon Mitchell that starred Mrs. Fiske and George Arliss. Prints of the film exist at the International House of Photography, George Eastman House and the British Film Institute National Film Archive, London.[1][2][3]
Cast
- Alice Brady - Cynthia Karslake
- Lowell Sherman - John Karslake
- Hedda Hopper - Vida Phillimore
- George Howell - Judge Philip Phillimore
- Lionel Pape - Sir Wilfrid Darby
- Margaret Linden - Caroline Dwight
- Edwards Davis - Bishop Matthew Phillimore (billed as Edward Davis)
- Harry Hocky - Tim Fiddler
- Nina Herbert - Mrs. Fiddler
- Emily Fitzroy - Grace Phillimore
- Julia Hurley - Mrs. Phillimore
- Marie Burke - Miss Heneage
- Robert Vivian - Brooks
- Edgar Norton - Thomas
- George Stevens - Butler
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to The New York Idea (1920 film).
- The New York Idea at IMDb
- The New York Idea; allmovie.com
- Stills: picture 1 (with Lionel Pape, Alice Brady, Hedda Hopper, and Lowell Sherman), and picture #2 (with Alice Brady and Lionel Pape)
- The New York Idea lantern slide; coming attractions
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