| Director | Joseph Boyle |
|---|---|
| Producer | Robert Kane |
| Writer | |
| Starring | |
| Editing | Terry O. Morse |
| Studio | First National Pictures |
| Distributor | First National Pictures |
| Released | March 4, 1928 |
| Runtime | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Mad Hour is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Joseph Boyle and starring Sally O'Neil, Alice White, and Donald Reed.[1] It was adapted from a 1914 novel by Elinor Glyn.[2][3]
Cast
- Sally O'Neil as Cuddles
- Alice White as Aimee
- Donald Reed as Jack Hemingway Jr.
- Larry Kent as Elmer Grubb
- Lowell Sherman as Joe Mack
- Norman Trevor as Hemingway Sr.
- Eddie Clayton as Red
- Jim Farley as Inspector
- Rose Dione as Modiste
- Tully Marshall as Lawyer
- Margaret Livingston as Maid
- Jack Egan as Chauffeur
- Kate Price as Jail Matron
- Mary Foy as Police Matron
- Ione Holmes as Bride
Censorship
Like many American films of the time, Mad Hour was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. In Kansas the film, with a plot involving drinking, crime, and suicide, was banned by the Board of Review.[4]
Preservation
With no prints of Mad Hour located in any film archives,[5] it is a lost film.
See also
- The Man and the Moment (1918)
- The Man and the Moment (1929)
References
- ^ Goble p.849
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Mad Hour
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Mad Hour at silentera.com
- ^ Butters, Gerald R. (2007). Banned in Kansas: Motion Picture Censorship, 1915-1966. University of Missouri Press. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-8262-1749-3.
- ^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Mad Hour
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
- Mad Hour at IMDb
- Lobby card at gettyimages.com