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23 1/2 Hours Leave
(1919) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4838 feet
Directed by Henry King

Cast: Douglas MacLean [Sergeant William Gray], Doris May [Peggy Dodge], Thomas Guise [General Dodge], Maxfield Stanley [the table sergeant], Wade Boteler [the mess sergeant], Alfred Hollingsworth [Booth], N. Leinsky [a spy], Jack Nelson [the general’s aide]

Thomas H. Ince Productions, Incorporated. production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Thomas H. Ince. Scenario by Agnes C. Johnston, from the short story “Twenty-Three and a Half Hours’ Leave” by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Cinematography by Bert Cann. Presented by Thomas H. Ince. / © 6 October 1919 by Thomas H. Ince [LP14280]. Released 16 November 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 1 December 2023.

References: Brownlow-Parade pp. 106, 445; Weaver-Twenty p. 452 : Variety-19191226 p. 218 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.