Prodigal Daughters

Prodigal Daughters
Prodigal Daughters
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Directed by	Sam Wood
Written by	Monte M. Katterjohn
Based on	Prodigal Daughters; by Joseph Hocking
Produced by	Adolph Zukor; Jesse Lasky
Starring	Gloria Swanson
Cinematography	Alfred Gilks
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	April 15, 1923;
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Prodigal Daughters is a lost^[1] 1923 American silent societal drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. The film stars Gloria Swanson and was directed by Sam Wood. It is based on a novel of the same name by Joseph Hocking.^[2]^[3]

Cast[]

Gloria Swanson as Elinor "Swifty" Forbes
Ralph Graves as Roger Corbin
Vera Reynolds as Marjory Forbes
Theodore Roberts as J.D. Forbes
Louise Dresser as Mrs. Forbes
Charles Clary as Stanley Garside
Robert Agnew as Lester Hodge
Maude Wayne as Connie
Jiquel Lanoe as Juda Botanya
Eric Mayne as Dr. Marco Strong
Antonio Corsi as Undetermined role
Mervyn LeRoy as Newsboy (uncredited)

Production[]

Some portions of this film were shot in Swanson's own palatial Hollywood mansion.^[4] A young and then unknown Mervyn LeRoy appears unbilled as a newsboy. He later directed Swanson in her early talkie Tonight or Never.^[5]

References[]

^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Prodigal Daughters
^ Canham, Kingsley; Thomas, Tony (1974). The Hollywood Professionals: Henry King, Lewis Milestone, and Sam Wood. Tantivy Press. p. 176. ISBN 0-498-01394-4.
^ Progressive Silent Film List: Prodigal Daughters at silentera.com
^ Swanson, Gloria (1981). Swanson On Swanson. Pocket Books. p. 190. ISBN 0-671-43354-7.
^ Sandburg, Carl (2000). Bernstein, Arnie (ed.). "The Movies Are": Carl Sandburg's Film Reviews and Essays, 1920-1928. Ebert, Roger. Lake Claremont Press. p. 166. ISBN 1-893-12105-4.

External links[]

Prodigal Daughters at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie

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[1] The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Prodigal Daughters

[2] Canham, Kingsley; Thomas, Tony (1974). The Hollywood Professionals: Henry King, Lewis Milestone, and Sam Wood. Tantivy Press. p. 176. ISBN 0-498-01394-4.

[3] Progressive Silent Film List: Prodigal Daughters at silentera.com

[4] Swanson, Gloria (1981). Swanson On Swanson. Pocket Books. p. 190. ISBN 0-671-43354-7.

[5] Sandburg, Carl (2000). Bernstein, Arnie (ed.). "The Movies Are": Carl Sandburg's Film Reviews and Essays, 1920-1928. Ebert, Roger. Lake Claremont Press. p. 166. ISBN 1-893-12105-4.

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