The Old Nest

The Old Nest
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Directed byReginald Barker
Screenplay byRupert Hughes
Story byRupert Hughes
Cinematography
Production
company
Distributed byGoldwyn Pictures Corporation
Release date
  • June 28, 1921 (1921-06-28) (U.S.)
Running time
80 min
CountryUnited States

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]

Plot

Cast

Preservation

The film does survive, in a print held at Cinematheque Francais.[5][6]

References

  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.
  5. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survivial Database:The Old Nest
  6. ^ The Old Nest at silentera.com
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