The New York Idea (1920 film)

The New York Idea
Film still with Alice Brady and Lowell Sherman
Directed byHerbert Blache
Marcel Del Sano (asst. director)
Written byLangdon Mitchell (play)
Mary Murillo (scenario)
Based onThe New York Idea
by Langdon Mitchell
Produced byRealart
CinematographyJacques Bizeul(fr)
Distributed byRealart Pictures Corporation
Release date
  • November 27, 1920 (1920-11-27)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The New York Idea is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Herbert Blache and starring Alice Brady. The film was produced and distributed by Realart Pictures, an Adolph Zukor affiliate of his bigger Paramount Pictures.

The film is based on a 1906 Broadway play by Langdon Mitchell that starred Mrs. Fiske and George Arliss. Prints of the film exist at the International House of Photography, George Eastman House and the BFI National Archive, London.[1][2][3]

Plot

Cast

References

  1. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The New York Idea at silentera.com
  2. ^ The New York Idea first performed on Broadway at the Lyric Theatre November 19, 1906 and revivals; IBDb.com
  3. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature film Survival Database:The New York Idea
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