Just Around the Corner (1921 film)
| Just Around the Corner | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Frances Marion |
| Produced by | William Randolph Hearst (thru Cosmopolitan Productions) |
| Written by | Frances Marion (scenario) |
| Based on |
short story "Just Around the Corner" by Fannie Hurst |
| Starring |
Margaret Seddon Lewis Sargent Sigrid Holmquist |
| Cinematography | Henry Cronjager |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release dates | December 11, 1921 |
Running time | 7 reels (6,173 feet) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Just Around the Corner is an extant 1921 American silent drama film produced by William Randolph Hearst's Cosmopolitan Productions and distributed through Paramount Pictures. The film is based on a short story, Just Around the Corner, by Fannie Hurst and was directed by Frances Marion, a prolific Hollywood scenarist. Director Frances Marion is the star in this rare directorial turnout from her.
The cast are competent silent actors but no big names. Sigrid Holmquist came from Sweden but was no Garbo and Fred Thomson had married Marion in 1919, and later became a big cowboy star. Marion directed one other picture, her friend Mary Pickford's better-known The Love Light (1921).[1][2]
Cast
- Margaret Seddon - Ma Birdsong
- Lewis Sargent - Jimmie Birdsong
- Sigrid Holmquist - Essie Birdsong
- Edward Phillips - Joe Ullman
- Fred Thomson - The Real Man
- Peggy Parr - Lulu Pope
- Rosa Rosanova - Mrs. Finshreiber
- William Nally - Mr. Blatsky
Preservation status
This film exists in the collection of the Library of Congress.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Just Around the Corner at silentera.com
- ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 published by The American Film Institute, c.1971
- ↑ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress (The American Film Institute, 1978)
- ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Just Around the Corner