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| That Royle Girl | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | D. W. Griffith |
| Produced by | Jesse L. Lasky |
| Written by | Edwin Balmer (novel) Paul Schofield |
| Starring | Carol Dempster W. C. Fields James Kirkwood Harrison Ford |
| Studio | Famous Players-Lasky |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 7, 1925 |
| Running time | 114 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
That Royle Girl (1925) is a silent film directed by D. W. Griffith and released by Paramount Pictures. It was based on the novel of the same name by Edwin Balmer. A poor young woman (Carol Dempster) from the slums of Chicago singlehandedly saves a jazz bandleader (Harrison Ford) after he is improperly convicted and sentenced to death for murder.[1]
This film along with Sally of the Sawdust marked Griffith's return to working for an important Hollywood studio,(Paramount), something he hadn't experienced since leaving Biograph in 1914. He also had to work with a tight shooting script as Lasky and Zukor insisted the film be brought on schedule and on budget. He had been a partner with others in the formation of Triangle Studios in 1915 and United Artists in 1919. These ventures allowed him leeway in the way he made films. Gone were the more leisurely approach to filmmaking Griffith had enjoyed at his own Mamaroneck Long Island studio where he made films for United Artists release. Griffith had been for all intents and purposes an independent producer since leaving Biograph. Griffith shot That Royle Girl on locations across Chicago. The film’s climactic sequence, a devastating tornado, was filmed on a football field at Paramount’s Astoria Studio in Queens, New York, where Griffith created a fully built village. Griffith used the power of 24 airplane propellers to recreate the wreckage and ruin of the tornado’s fury.
While the production was underway, Griffith added W. C. Fields to the cast for a comedy relief supporting role as the heroine’s inebriated stepfather.[2]
No print of That Royle Girl is known to exist in any archive or private collection. In 1980, the American Film Institute included this title among its list of the “Ten Most Wanted” lost films of all time.[3]
Cast
- Carol Dempster as Joan Daisy Royle
- W. C. Fields as Her Father
- James Kirkwood as Calvin Clarke
- Harrison Ford as Fred Ketlar
- Paul Everton as George Baretta
- Kathleen Chambers as Adele Ketlar
- George Regas as His Henchman
- Florence Auer as Baretta's Girl
- Ida Waterman as Mrs. Clarke
- Alice Laidley as Clarke's Fiancee
- Dorothy Love as Lola Nelson
- Dore Davidson as Elman
- Frank Allworth as Oliver
- Bobby Watson as Hofer
References
- ^ “American Film Cycles” by Larry Langman, Google Books
- ^ Fields, Ronald J. “W.C. Fields: A Life on Film,” pages 31-33. St. Martin’s Press, 1984. ISBN 0-312-85312-2
- ^ Thomson, Frank. “Lost Films: Important Movies That Disappeared,” page xiv. Citadel Press, 1996. ISBN 0-8065-1604-6
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