The Price of a Party

The Price of a Party
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Directed by	Charles Giblyn
Written by	Charles F. Roebuck (scenario)
Based on	"The Price of the Party" by William Briggs MacHarg
Produced by	Howard Estabrook
Starring	Hope Hampton Harrison Ford Arthur Edmund Carewe Mary Astor
Cinematography	John F. Seitz
Production company	Howard Estabrook Productions
Distributed by	Associated Exhibitors
Release date	December 23, 1924 (1924-12-23)
Running time	60 mins.
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Price of a Party is a 1924 American silent melodrama film produced by Howard Estabrook and distributed by Associated Exhibitors. The film is based on a short story of the same name by William Briggs MacHarg published in Cosmopolitan magazine, ^[1] with the film's scenario written by Charles F. Roebuck. It was directed by Charles Giblyn and stars Hope Hampton and Harrison Ford. ^[2] The film was shot in Tec Art Studios. ^[3]

In 2014, it was reported that an incomplete copy of the film was found in Navarre, Spain. ^[4]

Cast

• Hope Hampton as Grace Barrows
• Harrison Ford as Robert Casson
• Arthur Edmund Carewe as Kenneth Bellwood
• Mary Astor as Alice Barrows
• Dagmar Godowsky as Evelyn Dolores
• Fred Hadley as Stephen Durrell
• Edna Richmond as Evelyn's Maid
• Donald Lashey as Hall Boy
• Florence Richardson as Jazz Queen
• Daniel Pennell
• J. Moy Bennett

Preservation

A print of The Price of a Party has now been located and is now not considered a lost film. ^[5]

References

1. "The Cosmopolitan. v.70 1921 Jan-Jun". HathiTrust. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
2. Progressive Silent Film List: The Price of a Party at silentera.com
3. "Moving Picture World Vol. 68, No. 1. p. 818". archive.org. June 28, 1924. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
4. Doria, Javier (May 28, 2014). "La Filmoteca de Navarra recupera tres películas únicas del cine mudo de 1924". El País (in Spanish). ISSN   1134-6582 . Retrieved December 21, 2019.
5. "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29) National Film Preservation Board (January 2021) - (Current as of 02.04.2021)" (PDF). LOC.GOV. February 4, 2021. Some recent "finds" now removed from this list:...

External links

• The Price of a Party at IMDb