The Old Nest

The Old Nest
The Old Nest
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Directed by	Reginald Barker
Screenplay by	Rupert Hughes
Story by	Rupert Hughes
Cinematography	Philip Hatkin; Percy Hilburn;
Production; company	Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
Release date	June 28, 1921 (USA);
Running time	80 min

The Old Nest is a 1921 American drama silent black and white film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Helene Chadwick.^[1] It was awarded for the National High School Students' Poll for Best Picture They Had Ever Seen.^[2] It is based on the short story by Rupert Hughes,^[3] which was one of the most notably adaptations as Behind the Screen (1916).^[4]

Cast[]

Dwight Crittendon as Dr. Horace Anthon
Mary Alden as Mrs. Anthon
Nick Cogley as Uncle Ned
Fanny Stockbridge as Hannah
Laura La Varnie as Mrs. Guthrie
Edward Peil Jr. as Tom at 13
Richard Tucker as Tom at 36
Marshall Ricksen as Arthur at 14
Buddy Messinger as Jim at 10
Cullen Landis as Jim at 22-32
Lucille Ricksen as Kate at 9
Louise Lovely as Kate at 21-31
Robert DeVilbiss as Frank at 6
J. Parks Jones as Frank at 18-28
Marie Moorehouse as Baby Emily
Helene Chadwick as Emily at 22
Theodore von Eltz as Stephen McLeod
Molly Malone as Molly McLeod
Maurice B. Flynn as Harry Andrews
Roland Rushton as Mr. Atkinson
Billie Cotton as Emily at 12

References[]

^ McCaffrey, Donald W.; Jacobs, Christopher P. (1999). Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 30, 71. ISBN 9780313303456.
^ Koszarski, Richard (May 4, 1994). An Evening's Entertainment: The Age of the Silent Feature Picture, 1915-1928. University of California Press. p. 29. ISBN 9780520085350.
^ Goble, Alan (September 8, 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 893. ISBN 9783110951943.
^ Brégent-Heald, Dominique (2015). Borderland Films: American Cinema, Mexico, and Canada During the Progressive Era. U of Nebraska Press. p. 312. ISBN 9780803278868.

External links[]

The Old Nest at IMDb
The Old Nest at the TCM Movie Database

[1] McCaffrey, Donald W.; Jacobs, Christopher P. (1999). Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 30, 71. ISBN 9780313303456.

[2] Koszarski, Richard (May 4, 1994). An Evening's Entertainment: The Age of the Silent Feature Picture, 1915-1928. University of California Press. p. 29. ISBN 9780520085350.

[3] Goble, Alan (September 8, 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 893. ISBN 9783110951943.

[4] Brégent-Heald, Dominique (2015). Borderland Films: American Cinema, Mexico, and Canada During the Progressive Era. U of Nebraska Press. p. 312. ISBN 9780803278868.

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