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Peter Pan

United States

1924

105 Min
Black and White
1.33:1
Silent
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DIR Herbert Brenon

PROD Herbert Brenon

SCR J.M. Barrie, Willis Goldbeck

DP James Wong Howe

CAST George Ali, Esther Ralston, Cyril Chadwick, Betty Bronson, Virginia Browne Faire, Mary Brian, Jack Murphy, Philippe De Lacy, Anna May Wong, Ernest Torrence

Synopsis

Peter Pan, the kid who doesn’t want to grow up, arrives at the Darling home searching for his shadow. He meets the Darling children and takes them to Never-Never Land, where they will fight against Capt. Hook and his pirate ship and crew. At the end the children will be back in their warm beds. —IMDb

Director

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Herbert Brenon

Herbert Brenon (13 January, 1880 – 21 June, 1958) was a film director during the era of silent movies through the 1930s. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, and was educated at St Paul’s School and at King’s College London. Before becoming a director, he performed in vaudeville acts with his wife, Helen Oberg.

Some of his more noteworthy films were the first movie adaptations of Peter Pan (1924) and Beau Geste (1926), Sorrell and Son (1927) for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director in the 1st Academy Awards, Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) with Lon Chaney, Sr., and The Flying Squad (1940), his last. He died in Los Angeles, California and was interred in a private mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY. —Wikipedia 

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Johnny DuBiel

23Mar11

A real find! Visually interesting, and the subtext is quite intriguing. Absolutely captures the spirit of the play... The best adaptation of it so far

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