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The Cradle of Courage
(1920) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4737 feet
Directed by Lambert Hillyer

Cast: William S. Hart [‘Square’ Kelly], Ann Little [Rose Tierney], Tom Santschi [Charles Tierney], Gertrude Claire [Mother Kelly], Francis Thorwald [Jim Kelly], George B. Williams [Lieutenant Riley], Barbara Bedford [Nora Riley]

The William S. Hart Company production; distributed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation through Paramount Pictures Corporation [Artcraft Pictures]. / Scenario by Lambert Hillyer, from a screen story by Frederick Bradbury. Art direction by J.C. Hoffner. Cinematography by Joe August (Joseph H. August). Film editor, Le Roy Stone. Art titles (intertitles artwork) by Harry Barndollar. / © 26 July 1920 by The William S. Hart Company [LP15391]. Premiered 19 September 1920 in New York, New York. Released 17 October 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Bedford’s film debut.

Drama: Crime.

Synopsis: Synopses available in AFI-F1 n. F1.0833, and in Koszarski-Hart p. 124.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Museum of Modern Art film archive; in the film holdings of Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum (EmGee Film Library collection) [16mm reduction positive]; and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: USA: California: San Francisco

Listing updated: 3 December 2024.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.0833; Koszarski-Hart pp. xviii, 124-125; Leish-Cinema p. 29; Limbacher-Feature p. 51; Vermilye-Twenties p. 76.

Home video: DVD.

 
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