Sunshine Nan

{{Infobox film

| name = Sunshine Nan

| image = Sunshine Nan (1918) lantern slide.jpg

| caption = Lantern slide

| director = Charles Giblyn

| producer = Adolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky

| writer = Eve Unsell (scenario)

| based_on = {{based on|Calvary Alley|Alice Hegan Rice}}

| starring = Ann Pennington

| music =

| cinematography = Hal Young

| studio = Famous Players–Lasky Corporation

| distributor = Paramount Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1918|03|11}}

| runtime = 50 minutes; 5 reels

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

}}

Sunshine Nan is a surviving[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9636/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Sunshine Nan] 1918 American silent comedy-drama film starring Ann Pennington and directed by Charles Giblyn. It is based on the novel Calvary Alley by Alice Hegan Rice. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=17262 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Sunshine Nan][http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SunshineNan1918.html Progressive Silent Film List: Sunshine Nan] at silentera.com

Plot

As described in a film magazine,{{cite journal |title=Reviews: Sunshine Nan |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=6 |issue=15 |page=29 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=New York City |date=April 6, 1918 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald06exhi}} Nance Molloy (Pennington) and Dan Lewis (Hines), children of the slums, are sweethearts. They become mixed up in the death of a neighbor and are sent to reform school. Upon their release they are employed at the Clark Shoe Factory. MacPherson Clark (Barthelmess), son of the owner of the factory, endeavors to steal the formula of a dye developed by Dan, but Nan frustrates his efforts. The patent for the dye brings wealth to Nan and Dan and they are wed.

Cast

Ann Pennington as Nance Molloy
Richard Barthelmess as MacPherson Clark
Johnny Hines as Dan Lewis (credited as John Hines)
Helen Tracy as Mrs. Snawdor
Charles Eldridge as Mr. Snawdor
James A. Furey (credited as J.A. Furey)
Mrs. Lewis McCord
Frank Losee

References

External links

{{IMDb title|id=0009672|title=Sunshine Nan}}
Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan (1917), [https://archive.org/details/calvaryalley00riceiala Calvary Alley], New York: The Century Co., on the Internet Archive
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Category:1918 films

Category:American silent feature films

Category:Films directed by Charles Giblyn

Category:1918 comedy-drama films

Category:1910s English-language films

Category:American black-and-white films

Category:Films based on works by Alice Hegan Rice

Category:1910s American films

Category:Silent American comedy-drama films

Category:English-language comedy-drama films