Chickie
{{short description|1925 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{infobox film
| name = Chickie
| image = Chickie 1925 lobby card.jpg
| caption = Lobby card
| director = John Francis Dillon
| producer =
| based_on = {{based on|Chickie|Elenore Meherin}}
| writer = Marion Orth
| starring = Dorothy Mackaill
| cinematography = James Van Trees
| editing = Arthur Tavares
| distributor = First National Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1925|05|10}}
| runtime = 80 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
Chickie is a 1925 American silent drama film produced and released by First National Pictures. Based on the novel of the same name by Elenore Meherin, the film was directed by John Francis Dillon and starred Dorothy Mackaill.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/Chickie1925.html Chickie at silentera.com] Chickie is now considered lost.[http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arnefirstnational.html Chickie at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: First National Pictures 1925] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225105/http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arnefirstnational.html |date=March 3, 2016 }}[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4250/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Chickie] No Holdings[https://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyrig371213lib/page/70/mode/2up?q=Warner+Bros.+Pictures%2C+Inc. Catalog of Copyright Entries 1953 Motion Pictures And Filmstrips Jan-Dec 3D Ser Vol 7 Pts 12-13: Chickie]
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,{{Citation |title=New Pictures: Chickie |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=21 |issue=7 |pages=73 |date=9 May 1925 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald21unse/page/n900/mode/1up |access-date=7 February 2022}} {{Source-attribution}} Chickie is a stenographer in New York City whose flirtations with the young lawyer in the offices across the court have enmeshed the hearts of both. Barry Dunne, the lawyer, is coveted by Ila Moore, the daughter of the head of the firm. She takes him to a party held at Bess Abbott's. There he finds Chickie, who has been brought by Janina to give a filip to the jaded tastes of bachelor millionaire Jake Munson. Disgusted at the open love-making at the party, Chickie escapes and Barry follows. They ride all night. Jake proposes that Chickie become his "friend" so that he can share his good things with her, but she refuses. Later, he loves her and proposes marriage. She had previously yielded to the order of Barry, and confesses her misstep to Jake, who leaves her in disgust. Jake goes to London. Chickie's appeal to him to marry her falls into Ila's hands, who sends a cable in Jake's name stating that he has married Ila. Chickie confesses to her parents. After the child is born, they are about to sell their place and move away when Jake returns for her, unwed and eager to marry her.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Dorothy Mackaill as Chickie
- John Bowers as Barry Dunne
- Hobart Bosworth as Jonathan
- Gladys Brockwell as Jennie
- Paul Nicholson as Jake Munson
- Myrtle Stedman as Janina
- Olive Tell as Ila Moore
- Lora Sanderson as Bess Abbott
- Louise Mackintosh as Mrs. Dunne
- Ethlyne Clair (undetermined role)
}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{IMDb title|0015679}}
- [http://www.ladybluestocking.com/List%20of%20Jackets/njv/ur/Chickie-ur.jpg Book jacket for Chickie with Mackaill and John Bowers]
{{John Francis Dillon}}
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Category:Silent American drama films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films based on American novels
Category:Films directed by John Francis Dillon
Category:First National Pictures films
Category:Lost American drama films
Category:1920s English-language films
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