Cornered (1924 film)

Cornered
Still with Cissy Fitzgerald
Directed by	William Beaudine
Written by	Louis D. Lighton Hope Loring
Based on	Cornered (1920 play) by Dodson Mitchell Zelda Sears
Starring	Marie Prevost
Cinematography	Ray June
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	August 1, 1924 (1924-08-01)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)
Budget	$94,000[1]
Box office	$257,000[1]

Cornered is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by William Beaudine.[2][3] The story was filmed again in 1930 as a talkie called Road to Paradise. It was also directed by Beaudine. According to Warner Bros records the film earned $235,000 domestically and $22,000 foreign.[1]

Plot

Cast

• Marie Prevost as Mary Brennan / Margaret Waring
• Rockliffe Fellowes as Jerry, the Gent
• Raymond Hatton as Nick, the Dope
• John Roche as George Wells
• Cissy Fitzgerald as Lola Mulvaney
• Vera Lewis as Mrs. Wells
• George C. Pearce as Brewster (as George Pearce)
• Bartine Burkett as The Bride
• Billy Bletcher as The Groom (as Billy Fletcher)
• Ruth Dwyer as Mrs. Webster
• Bertram Johns as Webster
• Wilfred Lucas as Updike
• Virginia Marshall as Mary Brennan / Margaret Waring as a Child

Status

With no copies of Cornered located in any film archives,[4] it is considered to be a lost film.

References

1. Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 3 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
2. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Cornered
3. "Cornered (1924)". Silent Hollywood. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
4. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Cornered

External links

• Cornered at IMDb
• Cornered at the TCM Movie Database
• Cornered at AllMovie