AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS

THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993

Movie Title

The Stranger (1924)

Melodrama | 1924

Cast:

Betty Compson, Richard Dix, Lewis Stone [ More ]

Director:

Joseph Henabery

Writer:

Edfrid Bingham

Cinematographers:

Faxon M. Dean , L. Guy Wilky

Production Company:

Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
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CAST
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
PRODUCTION CREDITS
NAME
PARENT COMPANY
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
DISTRIBUTION COMPANY
Paramount Pictures
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
DIRECTOR
Joseph Henabery
Dir
PRODUCERS
Adolph Zukor
Pres
Jesse L. Lasky
Pres
WRITER
Edfrid A. Bingham
Edfrid Bingham
Adpt
PHOTOGRAPHY
Faxon Dean
Faxon M. Dean
Dir of photog
L. Guy Wilky
Dir of photog
ART DIRECTOR
A. Moresby White
Tech dir
SOURCES
LITERARY
Based on the novel The First and the Last by John Galsworthy (London, 1920).
LITERARY SOURCE AUTHOR
John Galsworthy
DETAILS
Release Date:
1924
Premiere Information:
New York showing: ca. 27 Jan 1924
Production Date:
release: 11 Feb or 25 Feb 1924
Copyright Info
Claimant
Date
Copyright Number
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
19 February 1924
LP19922
Physical Properties:
Silent
Black and White
Length(in feet):
6,515 , 6,660
Length(in reels):
7
Country:
United States
Language:
English
SYNOPSIS

"The Stranger," a poor nameless scrubman in a London pub, takes the blame for Larry Darrant's killing of Jim Walenn, an ex-convict who attacked Larry's fiancée, Peggy Bowlin, on the eve of their wedding. The Stranger, whom Peggy befriended, goes on trial, refuses to talk, and is sentenced to death by hanging. He has a heart attack on the scaffold and dies naturally just as Darrant is about to come forward to confess. Thus, Darrant's family name is saved from scandal, and the two lovers face a happy ...

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"The Stranger," a poor nameless scrubman in a London pub, takes the blame for Larry Darrant's killing of Jim Walenn, an ex-convict who attacked Larry's fiancée, Peggy Bowlin, on the eve of their wedding. The Stranger, whom Peggy befriended, goes on trial, refuses to talk, and is sentenced to death by hanging. He has a heart attack on the scaffold and dies naturally just as Darrant is about to come forward to confess. Thus, Darrant's family name is saved from scandal, and the two lovers face a happy future.

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