The Prisoner (1923 film)
Appearance
The Prisoner | |
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Directed by | Jack Conway |
Written by | Edward T. Lowe Jr. (screenplay) |
Based on | Castle Craneycrow by George Barr McCutcheon |
Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
Starring | Herbert Rawlinson Eileen Percy |
Cinematography | Benjamin Reynolds |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 5 reels (50 minutes) |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Prisoner is a 1923 American silent drama film set in a fictional kingdom, directed by Jack Conway and featuring Herbert Rawlinson, Eileen Percy, June Elvidge, George Cowl and Boris Karloff. Karloff was paid $150.00 a week salary for working on this film. The screenplay was written by Edward T. Lowe Jr., based on a novel called Castle Craneycrow by George Barr McCutcheon.[1] The film is considered to be lost.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Herbert Rawlinson as Philip Quentin
- Eileen Percy as Dorothy Garrison
- George Cowl as Lord Bob
- June Elvidge as Lady Francis
- Lincoln Stedman as Dickey Savage
- Gertrude Short as Lady Jane
- Bertram Grassby as Prince Ugo Ravorelli
- Mario Carillo as Count Sallonica
- Hayford Hobbs as Duke Laselli
- Lillian Langdon as Mrs. Garrison
- Bert Sprotte as Courant
- Boris Karloff as Prince Kapolski
- Esther Ralston as Marie
- J. P. Lockney as Father Bivot
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Prisoner". silentera.com. Retrieved April 8, 2008.
- ^ "The Prisoner". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
External links
[edit]- The Prisoner at IMDb
- The Prisoner at AllMovie
Categories:
- 1923 films
- 1923 drama films
- 1923 lost films
- Silent American drama films
- American silent feature films
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by Jack Conway
- Lost American drama films
- Universal Pictures films
- 1920s American films
- Films based on novels by George Barr McCutcheon
- 1920s silent drama film stubs