USA, 1924
105m
35mm film, black and white (tinted), 1.33:1
silent
An American fantasy film directed by Herbert Brenon.
Plot Summary
Peter Pan uses fairy dust to lure the Darling children out of their nursery and takes them on an adventure to Never Never Land to battle the evil Captain Hook.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Herbert Brenon
Copyright MCMXXIV [1924] Famous Players -Lasky Corporation
Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky present. A Herbert Brenon production. A Paramount picture
Screen Play by: Willis Goldbeck
Based on the play by: J.M. Barrie *
Photographed by: James Howe [real name: James Wong Howe]
Technical Effects: Roy J. Pomeroy *
Settings by: Edward J. Smith
Fencing Supervisor: Henri Uyttenhove *
Cast
George Ali (Nana (the dog))
Esther Ralston (Mrs Darling)
Cyril Chadwick (Mr Darling)
Mary Brian (Wendy Moira Angela Darling)
Jack Murphy (John Napoleon Darling)
Philippe DeLacy (Michael Nicholas Darling)
Virginia Brown Faire (Tinker Bell)
Anna May Wong (Tiger Lily)
Betty Bronson (Peter Pan)
Members of Peter’s band
Maurice Murphy (Tootles)
Mickey McBan (Slightly)
George Crane Jr (Curly)
Winston Doty (first twin)
Weston Doty (second twin)
Terence McMillan (Nibs)
pirates
Ernest Torrence (Captain James Hook)
Lewis Morrison (Gentleman Starkey)
Edward Kipling (Smee)
Ralph Yearsley (Italian Cecco)
Ed. Jones (Mullins)
Percy Barbat (Noodler)
Richard Frazier (Giant Blackman)
Maurice Cannon (Cookson)
Robert Milasch (Kelt)
Charles A. Stevenson (Jukes)
Alternative Titles
O daimon Peter Pan – Greece
Pán Péter – Hungary
Peter Pan, der Traumelf – Germany
Piotrus Pan – Poland
Ο δαίμων Πήτερ Παν – Greece
Питер Пэн – Russia
Пітер Пен – Ukraine
ピーターパン – Japan
Links
Extracts included in
Amor sin féretro (2022)
Animation Lookback: Walt Disney Animation Studios + Part 3 (2019)
The House That Shadows Built (1931)
J.M. Barrie, la vérité sur Peter Pan (2000)
The Magic of Finding Neverland (2005)
You Can Fly!: The Making of Walt Disney’s Masterpiece Peter Pan (1998)
References
Periodicals
- American Cinematographer vol.76 no.10 (October 1995) pp.97-101 – illustrated article (Peter Pan escapes cinematic neverland by Frederick C. Szebin)
- The Bioscope vol.62 no.954 (22 January 1925) p.43
- Classic Images no.293 (November 1999) p.C12 – illustrated video review (Video tape reviews by Robert Klepper)
- Classic Images no.294 (December 1999) pp.C36-C37 – video review (Video views by John Nangle)
- Classic Images no.296 (February 2000) p.25 – video review (Sam Rubin’s classic clinic by Sam Rubin)
- Kinematograph Weekly no.927 (22 January 1925)
- Photoplay vol.27 no.4 (April 1976) p.44
- Screen vol.16 no.3 (Autumn 1975) pp.29-33 – article
- The Stoll Herald vol.5 no.104 (21 December 1925) pp.4-5
Books
- American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929 by John T. Soister and Henry Nicolella with Steve Joyce and Harry H. Long p.447 – credits, article
- The Encyclopedia of Novels into Films second edition by John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh pp. 345-348 – illustrated credits, review (by J.C.T. [John C. Tibbetts])
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.364
- Silent Films, 1877-1996: A Critical Guide to 646 Movies by Robert K. Klepper pp.295-296
