Icebound is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by William C. deMille, produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures, and based on a 1923 Pulitzer Prize Broadway produced play of the same name by Owen Davis.[1] This film production was made at Paramount's Astoria Studios in New York City.[2][3] Actress Edna May Oliver returned to the role that she played in the Broadway version.
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Directed by | William C. deMille |
Written by | Clara Beranger (scenario) |
Based on | Icebound by Owen Davis |
Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
Starring | Richard Dix Lois Wilson |
Cinematography | L. Guy Wilky |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 7 reels |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
As described in a film magazine review,[4] returned home following service in France during World War I, a disillusioned Ben Jordan colors the dull life of his New England town by indulging in various dissipations. He sets fire to a barn and, to avoid arrest, disappears. His stern old mother lies ill in bed in the home's sick room, attended by her physician, while greedy relatives wait in the parlor room waiting for her demise. After her death, the relatives react with horrorstricken surprise when the family lawyer reads the will and the self-sacrificing ward, Jane Crosby, is pronounced as the sole heiress. Jane sets out to reform Ben and falls in love with him. While he is first attracted to his vamp cousin Nettie Moore, Ben finally realizes that he loves Jane and all ends well.
With no copies of Icebound located in any film archives,[5] it is a lost film.
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