Never Say Die
Directed byGeorge Crone
Written byRaymond Griffith
Wade Boteler
Raymond Cannon
Based onNever Say Die
by William Collier Sr. and William H. Post
Produced byDouglas MacLean
StarringDouglas MacLean
Lillian Rich
Helen Ferguson
CinematographyJack MacKenzie
Production
company
Douglas MacLean Productions
Distributed byAssociated Exhibitors
Release date
  • August 31, 1924 (1924-08-31)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Never Say Die is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by George Crone and starring Douglas MacLean, Lillian Rich, and Helen Ferguson.[1][2] The film is based on the play of the same name by American playwright William H. Post.

Cast

Plot

Millionaire Jack Woodbury is given one month to live by his doctors and agrees to marry a penniless woman so she can inherit his fortune after his death.

Production

The film was shot at FBO Studios in Hollywood in March 1924.[3]

Release

Never Say Die was released in August 1924. It was distributed in Germany by Phoebus Film. Its Berlin premiere in Kurfürstendamm made headlines in German newspapers after theatregoers booed and caused a disturbance.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Munden p. 540
  2. ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Never Say Die at silentera.com
  3. ↑ "New Units Operating at Big F.B.O. Studios". Canadian Moving Picture Digest. March 22, 1934. p. 12.
  4. ↑ Thomas J. Saunders (1994). Hollywood in Berlin: American Cinema and Weimar Germany. ISBN 9780520914162.

Bibliography

  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
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