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Disraeli
(1921) United States of America
B&W : [?] Seven or Nine? reels / 6800 feet
Directed by Henry Kolker
Cast: George Arliss [The Honourable Benjamin Disraeli, M.P.], Mrs. George Arliss (Florence Arliss) [Lady Beaconsfield], Margaret Dale [Mrs. Noel Travers], Louise Huff [Lady Clarissa Pevensey], Reginald Denny [Viscount Charles Deeford], E.J. Ratcliffe [Hugh Meyers], Henry Carvill [Duke of Glastonbury], Grace Griswold [Duchess of Glastonbury], Noel Tearle [Foljambe], Fred Nichols [the Glastonbury butler], [?] Betty Blythe?, [?] Frank Losee?
Distinctive Productions, Incorporated, production; distributed by United Artists Corporation [A Distinctive Production]. / Produced by George Arliss. Scenario by Forrest Halsey, from the play Disraeli by Louis Napoleon Parker. Art direction by Charles O. Seessel. Cinematography by Harry A. Fischbeck. / © 25 August 1921 by Distinctive Productions, Incorporated [LP16895]. Premiere 28 August 1921 at the Mark Strand Theatre in New York, New York. General release, 3 September 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / James Young was originally announced as director of the film. The play was previously filmed as Disraeli (1916). The play was subsequently filmed as Disraeli (1929).
Drama: Historical.
Survival status: Prints exist in the George Eastman Museum film archive [one reel only]; in the Cinematheque Royale de Belgique film archive; and in the Gosfilmofond film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Banks - Diplomats - Egypt: Suez Canal - Royalty: Queens - United Kingdom: England
Listing updated: 16 October 2023.
References: Card-Seductive pp. 92, 94, 96, 97; Everson-American p. 173; Parish-Glamour p. 41; Vermilye-Twenties p. 78 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Pete Jones.
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