The Old Nest

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The Old Nest
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Directed by Reginald Barker
Screenplay by Rupert 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]

Contents

Plot

Cast

Preservation

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

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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