The Prisoner (1923 film)

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The Prisoner
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Directed by Jack Conway
Written by Edward T. Lowe Jr. (screenplay)
Based onCastle Craneycrow
by George Barr McCutcheon
Produced byCarl Laemmle
Starring Herbert Rawlinson
Eileen Percy
CinematographyBenjamin Reynolds
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  •  18, 1923 (1923-Feb.-18)(Cleveland premiere)
Running time
5 reels (50 minutes)
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Prisoner is a 1923 American silent drama film set in a fictional kingdom, directed by Jack Conway and featuring Herbert Rawlinson, Eileen Percy, June Elvidge, George Cowl and Boris Karloff. Karloff was paid $150.00 a week salary for working on this film. The screenplay was written by Edward T. Lowe Jr., based on a novel called Castle Craneycrow by George Barr McCutcheon. [1] The film is considered to be lost. [2]

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References

  1. "Progressive Silent Film List: The Prisoner". silentera.com. Retrieved April 8, 2008.
  2. "The Prisoner". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved January 10, 2014.