Reported Missing (1922 film)

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Reported Missing
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Directed by Henry Lehrman
Written by Lewis Allen Browne
Henry Lehrman
Owen Moore
Tom Bret
E.V. Durling
H.I. Phillips
Will B. Johnstone
John P. Medbury
Produced by Lewis J. Selznick
Myron Selznick
Starring Owen Moore
Pauline Garon
Tom Wilson
Cinematography Jules Cronjager
Edited by George M. Arthur
Production
company
Distributed by Select Pictures
Release date
  • April 5, 1922 (1922-04-05)(USA)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Reported Missing is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Henry Lehrman and starring Owen Moore, Pauline Garon, and Tom Wilson. [1] [2]

Contents

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, [3] Richard Boyd comes into possession of the Boyd Shipping Company through inheritance. The company has an option to obtain a huge fleet of ships much sought after by Young, a scheming Asian shipping magnate. Boyd, a habitual idler, is disinterested in the matter until Pauline makes him get down to business and save these ships for America. Young kidnaps Richard and Pauline on a ship and puts out to sea. The ship becomes stranded. Richard's uncle demands that Young return them. Young takes Pauline captive on his ship while Richard is rescued by a battleship and pursues them in a Navy hydroplane. Young wins this race, but Richard goes to his house and rescues the young woman, Young being killed in the fight.

Cast

Production

Consistent with the practice at that time, the comic role of the valet Sam was played by Wilson in blackface. The use of white actors in blackface for black character roles in Hollywood films did not begin to decline until the late 1930s, and is now considered highly offensive, disrespectful, and racist. [4]

Preservation

Reported Missing is a lost film with only a fragment remaining. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Langman p. 10
  2. 1 2 Progressive Silent Film List: Reported Missing at silentera.com
  3. ↑ "Tried and Proved Pictures: Reported Missing". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation. 15 (7): 38. 12 January 1924. Retrieved 16 June 2022.PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. ↑ Clark, Alexis. "How the History of Blackface Is Rooted in Racism". History. A&E Television Networks, LLC. 2019.

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