Dollar Down
- October 11, 1925 (1925-10-11)
Dollar Down is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Tod Browning.[3] A print in the UCLA Film and Television Archive has one of its six reels missing.[4] Filmed in April 1924 at the F.B.O Studios in Santa Monica, California,[5][6] Dollar Down was the first of two features produced by star Ruth Roland and Browning's production company, Co-Artists Productions.[7]
Plot
As described in a film magazine reviews,[8] Alec Craig has a fine position as general manager of a manufacturing firm, but his wife and daughter almost ruin him with their extravagance. They buy everything on the part payment plan, and their daughter Ruth pawns a ring that is not paid for to raise money with which to give an elaborate party. A man tricks her into disclosing the fact that her father’s company has an option on a valuable piece of land. Suspicion falls on Alec and he is about to lose his position. Ruth takes the blame, prevents the man from exercising the option, and a niece of Alec’s redeems the pawned ring.
Cast
- Ruth Roland as Ruth Craig
- Henry B. Walthall as Alec Craig
- Mayme Kelso as Mrs. Craig
- Earl Schenck as Grant Elliot
- Claire McDowell as Mrs. Meadows (Craig's sister)
- Roscoe Karns as Gene Meadows (her son)
- Jane Mercer as Betty Meadows (her daughter)
- Lloyd Whitlock as Howard Steele
- Otis Harlan as Norris
- Edward W. Borman as Tilton (credited as Edward Borman)
- Newton Hall as Little Boy
- Pat Wing as Little Girl (credited as Madison Wing)
- Toby Wing as Little Girl
- Sonnie Walker as Little Boy
- Michael Dark (uncredited)
- Lou Marangella (uncredited)
References
- ^ Howe, Willard C., ed. (September 19, 1925). "Production Charts With Release Dates of Coming Productions (continued)". Exhibitor's Trade Review. Vol. 18, no. 18. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania: Exhibitor's Review Publishing Corporation. p. 50 – via Archive.org.
- ^ Johnston, William A., ed. (May 8, 1926). "Dollar Down". Motion Picture News. Vol. 33, no. 19 (Booking Guide ed.). New York. p. 26 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Dollar Down". Silent Era. Retrieved May 8, 2008.
- ^ "Dollar Down". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
- ^ Quigley, Martin J., ed. (April 5, 1924). "F.B.O." Exhibitors Herald. Vol. 18, no. 15. Chicago, Illinois. p. 45 – via Archive.org.
- ^ Quigley, Martin J., ed. (April 19, 1924). "Herald's Studio Directory". Exhibitors Herald. Vol. 18, no. 17. Chicago, Illinois. p. 28 – via Archive.org.
- ^ Johnston, William A., ed. (March 15, 1924). "Cast Selected For Ruth Roland Feature". Motion Picture News. Vol. 24, no. 11. Albany, New York. p. 1185 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "New Pictures: Dollar Down", Exhibitors Herald, 22 (12), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 53, September 12, 1925, retrieved September 5, 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
- Dollar Down at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
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