Icebound (film)
{{short description|1924 film by William C. deMille}}
{{About|the 1924 film|the 2003 television film|Ice Bound: A Woman's Survival at the South Pole}}
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{{infobox film
| name = Icebound
| image = Icebound (1924) - 1.jpg
| caption = Advertisement
| director = William C. deMille
| producer = Adolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
| writer = Clara Beranger (scenario)
| based_on = {{basedon|Icebound|Owen Davis}}
| starring = Richard Dix
Lois Wilson
| music =
| cinematography = L. Guy Wilky
| editing =
| distributor = Paramount Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1924|03|02}}
| runtime = 7 reels
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
Icebound is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by William C. deMille, produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures, and based on a 1923 Pulitzer Prize Broadway produced play of the same name by Owen Davis.[http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=9202 Icebound 1923 stage production, Broadway, Internet Broadway Database] This film production was made at Paramount's Astoria Studios in New York City.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/I/Icebound1924.html Progressive Silent Film List: Icebound] at silentera.com{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/9879-ICEBOUND |title=Icebound |work=afi.com |access-date=March 21, 2024}} Actress Edna May Oliver returned to the role that she played in the Broadway version.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,{{cite journal |last=Pardy |first=George T. |title=Box Office Reviews: Icebound |journal=Exhibitors Trade Review |volume= |issue= |pages=27 |publisher=Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation |date=15 March 1924 |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibi00newy/page/n178/mode/1up |accessdate=4 October 2022}} {{Source-attribution}} a disillusioned Ben Jordan returns home following service in France during World War I and colors the dull life of his New England town by indulging in various dissipations. He sets fire to a barn and disappears to avoid arrest. His stern old mother lies in bed in her sick room, attended by her physician, while greedy relatives assemble in the parlor, waiting for her demise. After her death, the relatives react with horrorstricken surprise when the family lawyer reads the will and self-sacrificing ward Jane Crosby is named as the sole heir. Jane sets out to reform Ben and falls in love with him. Although he is at first attracted to his vamp cousin, Nettie Moore, Ben finally realizes that he loves Jane, and all ends well.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Richard Dix as Ben Jordan
- Lois Wilson as Jane Crosby
- Helen Dubois as Emma Jordan
- Edna May Oliver as Hannah (same role she played on Broadway)
- Vera Reynolds as Nettie Moore
- Mary Foy as Sadie Fellowes
- Joseph Depew as Orin Fellowes
- Ethel Wales as Ella Jordan
- Alice Chapin as Mrs. Jordan
- John Daly Murphy as Henry Jordan
- Frank Shannon as Judge Bradford
- Kit Wain as French boy (uncredited)
}}
Preservation
With no prints of Icebound located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.{{cite web |url=https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.6381/ |title=American Silent Feature Film Database: Icebound |access-date=March 21, 2024 |publisher=Library of Congress}}
References
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External links
{{commons category|Icebound (film)}}
- {{IMDb title|15008|Icebound}}
- [http://www.richarddix.org/images/icelobby2.jpg Lobby card]
- [http://www.carters.com.au/index.cfm/item/243344-john-richardson-two-long-australian-daybill-posters-to-the-ladie/ Australian daybill long lobby poster]
- [http://www.moviemem.com/files/photos/ICEBOUNDRICHARDSON.jpg Lobby poster version without the tear]
- [http://www.richarddix.org/images/iceherald.jpg Lobby card with flip side shown]
{{William C. deMille}}
Category:American silent feature films
Category:Lost American drama films
Category:Films directed by William C. deMille
Category:Silent American drama films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American films based on plays
Category:Lost silent American films
Category:1920s English-language films
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