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The Slanderers
(1924) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4844 feet
Directed by Nat Ross
Cast: Johnnie Walker [Johnny Calkins], Gladys Hulette [Gladys Gray], Billy Sullivan [Larry Calkins], George Nichols [Todd Calkins], Edith Yorke [Mrs. Calkins], Philo McCullough [Jerome Keefe], Margaret Landis [Ethel Davis], Jackie Morgan [the slim kid], Turner Savage [the fat kid]
Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Harvey Gates, from the short story “Judgement of the West” by Valma Clark. / © 15 August 1924 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP20507]. Released 21 September 1924. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [Motion Picture News Booking Guide, April 1925, 8:72] Widow and her two sons are targets for gossips of small town. The slanders continue until the older boy, returning from war a hero, forces the gossips to be quiet and respectful of his mother and his brother. There is a love romance introduced.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 11 March 2012.
References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 46; Limbacher-Feature p. 225 : Website-AFI.
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