A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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	James Murray. Photograph: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: Eleanor Boardman [Mary Sims], James Murray [John Sims], Bert Roach [Bert], Estelle Clark [Jane], Daniel G. Tomlinson [Jim], Dell Henderson [Dick], Lucy Beaumont [Mary’s mother], Freddie Burke Frederick [John Sims Jr.], Alice Mildred Puter [daughter]; Sidney Bracy [John’s supervisor], Johnny Downs [John Sims, age 12], Sally Eilers [the party girl at Bert’s Place], Warner P. Richmond [Mr. Sims, John’s father], Virginia Sale [Mary’s sister-in-law], Larry Steers [the doctor], Claude Payton

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Produced by Irving Thalberg. Scenario by King Vidor and John V.A. Weaver, from an adaptation by Harry Behn. Production design by Cedric Gibbons and Arnold Gillespie (A. Arnold Gillespie). Wardrobe (costume design) by André-Ani. Cinematography by Henry Sharp. Film editor, Hugh Wynn. Intertitles written by Joe Farnham (Joseph Farnham). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Some scenes were shot on location in Detroit, Michigan, Niagara Falls, New York, and New York, New York. Interiors were shot at MGM Studios in Culver City, California. Early previews tested seven different endings. The film was originally available to exhibitors with two endings — a happy one and a bleak one. / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists [35mm preservation duplicate positive].

Current rights holder: Turner Entertainment Company.

Keywords: Accidents - Apartments - Children - Crowds - Death - Lost jobs - Marriages - Suicide (Attempted) - Transportation: Automobiles, Trains, Trucks - Unemployment - USA: Michigan: Detroit - USA: New York: New York - USA: New York: Niagara Falls

Listing updated: 1 October 2013.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Baer-Film p. 56; Bardèche-History pp. 298, 312; Bohn-Light pp. 92, 190; Brownlow-Behind p. xxiii; Brownlow-Parade p. 341; Dowd-Vidor pp. 41, 48, 55, 60, 77, 79-88, 98, 136, 145, 150h, 200, 231, 233, 237, 245, 279, 289, 290, 296; Drew-Speaking pp. ix, 4, 38, 39, 44, 45-46, 53, 275; Eames-MGM p. 40; Everson-American pp. 11, 117, 149, 164, 196, 266, 282, 310q, 330-331, 336, 363; Fell-History pp. 112, 113, 125; Gallagher-Ford pp. 56, 109; Geduld-Birth p. 138; Kerr-Silent pp. 8, 31; Limbacher-Feature p. 53; Maltin-Classic p. 146; Mandelbaum-Screen p. 40; McCaffrey-Guide p. 12; Schelly-Langdon p. 129; Shipman-Cinema p. 98; Sinyard-Silent pp. 8, 134; Vermilye-Twenties pp. 189-192; Webb-Hollywood pp. 35-36, 98 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.