Forty Winks (1925 film)

Forty Winks
Forty Winks
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Directed by	Paul Iribe; Frank Urson
Screenplay by	Bertram Millhauser
Based on	the play Lord Chumley; by David Belasco and Henry Churchill de Mille
Starring	Raymond Griffith; Theodore Roberts; Cyril Chadwick; William Boyd; Anna May Wong
Cinematography	J. Peverell Marley
Production; company	Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	February 2, 1925;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Forty Winks is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Paul Iribe and Frank Urson and written by Bertram Millhauser. The film stars Raymond Griffith, Theodore Roberts, Cyril Chadwick, William Boyd, and Anna May Wong.^[1]^[2] The film was released on February 2, 1925, by Paramount Pictures.^[3]

Plot[]

As described in a review in a film magazine,^[4] Gasper Le Sage (Chadwick) is attorney to the Butterworths and suitor for the hand of Eleanor Butterworth (Dana). He persuades Annabelle Wu (Wong), a Eurasian adventuress, to vamp Lt. Gerald Hugh Butterworth (Boyd) and with his keys obtain the plans for a coast defence movement. Suspicion falls upon Lord Chumley of the British secret service, who is also engaged to Eleanor. Le Sage offers to recover the papers if Ealanor will marry him, but "Chumley" forestalls him and gets the papers and wins the young woman's affections after a lively and variagated chase.

Cast[]

Raymond Griffith as Lord Chumley
Theodore Roberts as Adam Butterworth
Cyril Chadwick as Gasper Le Sage
William Boyd as Lt. Gerald Hugh Butterworth
Anna May Wong as Annabelle Wu
Viola Dana as Eleanor Butterworth

Preservation[]

With no prints of Forty Winks located in any film archives,^[5] it is a lost film.

References[]

^ Janiss Garza (2015). "Forty-Winks - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
^ "Forty Winks". afi.com. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
^ "Forty Winks". Progressive Silent Film List. silentera.com. August 2, 2009. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
^ Sargent, Epes W. (February 14, 1925). "Forty Winks; An Honorable Old Play Is Clowned into a Fast-Moving Farce in this Paramount Feature". The Moving Picture World. New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co. 72 (7): 700. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Forty Winks

External links[]

Forty Winks at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie
Stills at silentfilmstillarchive.com

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[1] Janiss Garza (2015). "Forty-Winks - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2015.

[2] "Forty Winks". afi.com. Retrieved February 4, 2015.

[3] "Forty Winks". Progressive Silent Film List. silentera.com. August 2, 2009. Retrieved March 12, 2015.

[MPBW-4] Sargent, Epes W. (February 14, 1925). "Forty Winks; An Honorable Old Play Is Clowned into a Fast-Moving Farce in this Paramount Feature". The Moving Picture World. New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co. 72 (7): 700. Retrieved September 4, 2021.

[5] Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Forty Winks

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