The Eleventh Hour (1923 film)
{{short description|1923 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Eleventh Hour
| image = File:The Eleventh Hour (1923) - 1.jpg
| alt = Magazine advertiisement for the film
| caption = Advertisement for The Eleventh Hour from {{nowrap|Film Daily,}} July 8, 1923.
| director = Bernard Durning
| producer =
| screenplay = Louis Sherwin
| based_on = {{based on|The Eleventh Hour|Lincoln J. Carter}}
| starring = Shirley Mason
Buck Jones
Richard Tucker
Alan Hale Sr.
Walter McGrail
June Elvidge
| music =
| cinematography = Don Short
| editing =
| studio = Fox Film Corporation
| distributor = Fox Film Corporation
| released = {{Film date|1923|7|20}}
| runtime = 70 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent
English intertitles
| budget =
| gross =
}}
The Eleventh Hour is a lost 1923 American melodrama action film directed by Bernard Durning and written by Louis Sherwin. The film stars Shirley Mason, Buck Jones, Richard Tucker, Alan Hale Sr., Walter McGrail and June Elvidge. The film was released on July 20, 1923, by Fox Film Corporation.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/492024/the-eleventh-hour |title=The Eleventh Hour (1923) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=May 1, 2019}}{{cite web|author=Hal Erickson |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-eleventh-hour-v90365 |title=The Eleventh Hour (1923) - Bernard J. Durning |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=May 1, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/8822-THE-ELEVENTH-HOUR |title=The Eleventh Hour |publisher=Catalog.afi.com |date= |accessdate=May 1, 2019}}
Plot
Wanting to take over the world, the mad and evil Prince Stefan de Bernie plots to acquire a new explosive developed at a plant owned by Barbara Hackett. Prince Stefan uses blackmail to get Barbara's uncle and the dishonest business executive Herbert Glenville — a man who would like to marry Barbara — to cooperate with him. Meanwhile, Brick McDonald, an employee of Prince Stefan's, wins Barbara's confidence. After a number of adventures involving wild chases in motorboats, airplanes, and submarines, fights with lions, and rescuing Barbara from being lowered into a pit of molten steel, McDonald foils Prince Stefan's plans. McDonald then reveals that he is actually the chief of the United States Secret Service.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0014015/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl IMDB The Eleventh Hour: Plot Accessed 2 June 2023][https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/the-eleventh-hour-1923 avclub.com The Eleventh Hour Accessed 2 June 2023]
==Cast==
- Shirley Mason as Barbara Hackett
- Buck Jones as Brick McDonald
- Richard Tucker as Herbert Glenville
- Alan Hale Sr. as Prince Stefan de Bernie
- Walter McGrail as Dick Manley
- June Elvidge as Estelle Hackett
- Fred Kelsey as The Submarine Commander
- Nigel De Brulier as Mordecai Newman
- Fred Kohler as Barbara's Uncle
Production
The film was based on the unpublished and uncopyrighted play The Eleventh Hour by Lincoln J. Carter. [https://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/E/EleventhHour1923.html The Eleventh Hour] at silentera.com; Accessed 2 June 2023.
Between February 26 and March 2, 1923, Twentieth Century Fox used the United States Navy submarine {{USS|R-6|SS-83|6}} in filming The Eleventh Hour.[https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/r/r-6.html Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships R-6 Accessed 19 January 2023]
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0014015|The Eleventh Hour}}
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Category:Silent American action films
Category:Films directed by Bernard Durning
Category:American silent feature films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:English-language action films