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Marion Davies and Harry Myers (right).
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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Zander the Great
(1925) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 6844 feet
Directed by George Hill
Cast: Marion Davies [Mamie Smith], Holbrook Blinn [Juan Fernandez], Harrison Ford [Dan Murchison], Harry Watson [‘Good News’], Harry Myers [‘Texas’], George Seigman (George Siegmann) [‘Black Bart’], Emily Fitzroy [the matron], Hobart Bosworth [the sheriff], Richard Carle [Jonathan Pepper], Hedda Hopper [Mrs. Caldwell], Olin Howland [Elmer Lovejoy], Master John Huff [Zander]; [?] ? [the mailman], [?] ? [Zander, as a baby], Charles Chaplin [Davies’ stunt double]
Cosmopolitan Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [A Cosmopolitan Production]. / Scenario by Frances Marion, from an adaptation by Lillie Hayward of the play Zander the Great by Edward Salisbury Field. Editorial direction by Frances Marion. Settings (set design) by Joseph Urban. Costume design by Gretl Urban. Assistant director, Frank O’Neil. Photography (cinematography) by George Barnes and Harold Wenstrom. Film editor, James McKay. Presented by The Cosmopolitan Corporation. / © 20 May 1925 by Cosmopolitan Pictures Corporation [LP21491]. Released [?] 2 or 4? May 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film’s main title attributes the copyright holder as William Randolph Hearst. According to Davies-Times p. 43, Chaplin (dressed as Davies) did the stunt work in the lion’s cage.
Comedy-Drama: Western.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists film archive; and in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Abandonment - Abuse - Animals: Horses, Rabbits - Babies - Children - Death - Illness - Laundries - Letters - Lies - Mailmen - Orphanages - Orphans - Transportation: Buggies, Motorbikes - USA: Arizona, New Jersey
Listing updated: 20 May 2023.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Davies-Times pp. 42-43, 44, 90; Eames-MGM p. 20; FilmYearBook-1926 p. 59; Sweeney-Coming p. 84 : Website-AFI.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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