Laughing at Danger (1924 film)

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Laughing at Danger
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Directed by James W. Horne
Written by Frank Howard Clark
Starring Richard Talmadge
Joseph W. Girard
Eva Novak
Cinematography William Marshall
Production
companies
Carlos Productions
Truart Film Corporation
Distributed by Film Booking Offices of America
Release date
  • November 23, 1924 (1924-11-23)
Running time
54 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Laughing at Danger is a 1924 American silent action film directed by James W. Horne and starring Richard Talmadge, Joseph W. Girard, and Eva Novak. [1] [2]

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Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine, [3] a love affair makes Alan Remington (Talmadge) dissatisfied with life. Trying to lift his son out of despondency, his father Cyrus (Girard) devises various means of excitement. Crooks seek to steal a death ray machine which the elder Remington is sponsoring and circumstance involves Alan in the subsequent excitement. Thinking it is only a trick of his father's, he takes danger lightly. The inventor Professor Leo Hollister (Harrington) and his daughter Carolyn (Novak) are captured and, with the machine, imprisoned in a hut on a lonely hill. Alan goes to the rescue. Naval vessels are warned that the desperadoes intend to blow them up with the death ray and turn their guns on the hut and destroy it. Alan leaps to safety in the nick of time.

Cast

Preservation

Prints of Laughing at Danger are held in the collections of the Gosfilmofond in Moscow and UCLA Film and Television Archive. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Munden p. 423
  2. ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Laughing at Danger at silentera.com
  3. ↑ Smith, Sumner (December 20, 1924). "Laughing at Danger; Richard Talmadge Shows Great Improvement in Striking F.B.O. Thriller". 71 (8). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 725. Retrieved June 27, 2021.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ↑ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Laughing at Danger

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