The Last Man on Earth (1924 film)
The Last Man on Earth | |
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Directed by | John G. Blystone |
Written by | Donald W. Lee, John D. Swain |
Starring | Earle Foxe |
Cinematography | Allen M. Davey |
Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date | November 2, 1924 (US) |
Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language |
Silent film English intertitles |
The Last Man on Earth (1924) was a silent comedy film directed by John G. Blystone, starring Earle Foxe[1] and produced by Fox Film Corporation and loosely based on Mary Shelley's 1826 novel The Last Man. The film was remade as the semi-musical comedy It's Great to Be Alive (1933), and influenced the sci-fi novel Mr. Adam (1946).
Plot
In the year 1950, a plague known as "masculitis" has killed every fertile man on Earth over the age of 14. Womankind takes over the world and a woman becomes President of the United States.
Meanwhile, a female aviator, Gertie (Grace Cunard), flying over a redwood forest, finds smoke rising from the chimney of a cabin, where she discovers a reclusive hillbilly named Elmer Smith (Earle Foxe). He is captured and examined at a hospital. All the women in the world soon begin to fight over Smith.
Preservation status
Copies are held in Cinematheque Royale de Belgique(Brussels) and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.[2] [3]