West of the Water Tower
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 Lobby card | |
| Directed by | Rollin S. Sturgeon |
| Written by | Lucien Hubbard (adaptation) Doris Schroeder (scenario) |
| Based on | West of the Water Tower by Homer Croy |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
| Starring | Glenn Hunter May McAvoy Ernest Torrence George Fawcett |
| Cinematography | Harry B. Harris |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 8 reels; 7,432 feet |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
West of the Water Tower is a 1923 American silent comedy drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Rollin Sturgeon and is based on the novel of the same name by Homer Croy. Glenn Hunter and May McAvoy are the stars of this film.[1][2]
Cast[]
- Glenn Hunter as Guy Plummer
- May McAvoy as Bee Chew
- Ernest Torrence as Adrian Plummer
- George Fawcett as Charles Chew
- ZaSu Pitts as Dessie Arnhalt
- Charles S. Abbe as R.N. Arnhalt (credited as Charles Abbe)
- Anne Schaefer as Mrs. Plummer
- Riley Hatch as Cod Dugan
- Allen Baker as Ed Hoecker
- Jack Terry as Harlan Thompson
- Edward Elkas as Wolfe
- Alice Mann as Pal
Preservation[]
With no copies of West of the Water Tower located in any film archives,[3] it is a lost film.
References[]
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: West of the Water Tower at silentera.com
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30, The American Film Institute, c.1971
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: West of the Water Tower
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to West of the Water Tower. |
- West of the Water Tower at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Dust jacket cover to Croy's novel; with scene from film depicted
- 1923 theater showing West of the Water Tower
- Australian long lobby poster; daybill
- More accessible version of poster
- Film still at the Harry Ransom Center
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- 1923 films
- American films
- American silent feature films
- Films based on American novels
- Lost American films
- 1923 comedy-drama films
- American comedy-drama films
- American black-and-white films
- Paramount Pictures films
- Films directed by Rollin S. Sturgeon
- 1923 lost films
- Lost comedy-drama films
- Silent comedy-drama film stubs