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West of the Water Tower

{{short description|1923 film}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}

{{infobox film

| name = West of the Water Tower

| image = West of the Water Tower lobby card.jpg

| caption = Lobby card

| director = Rollin S. Sturgeon

| producer = Adolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky

| based_on = {{based on|West of the Water Tower|Homer Croy}}

| writer = Lucien Hubbard (adaptation)
Doris Schroeder (scenario)

| starring = Glenn Hunter
May McAvoy
Ernest Torrence
George Fawcett

| music =

| cinematography = Harry B. Harris

| editing =

| distributor = Paramount Pictures

| released = {{film date|1923|12|30|New York City}}

| runtime = 8 reels; 7,432 feet

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

}}

West of the Water Tower is a 1923 American silent comedy drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Rollin S. Sturgeon and is based on the novel of the same name by Homer Croy. Glenn Hunter and May McAvoy are the stars of this film.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/W/WestOfTheWaterTower1923.html Progressive Silent Film List: West of the Water Tower] at silentera.comThe American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30, The American Film Institute, c.1971

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,{{cite journal |last=Pardy |first=George T. |author-link= |title=Box Office Reviews: West of the Water Tower |journal=Exhibitors Trade Review |volume=15 |issue=8 |page=21 |publisher=Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation |date=12 January 1924 |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibit00newy/page/n550/mode/1up |accessdate=29 June 2022}} {{Source-attribution}} Guy Plummer, the son of the small town's orthodox, narrow minded clergyman, becomes involved in a love affair with Bee Chew, the daughter of a wealthy atheist. They wed in secret through the aid of Cod Dugan, a poolroom operator. When Bee is about to become a mother, the two are unable to provide proof of the marriage. She goes away and later returns with the baby. Guy tells his father, who then admits that he, too, similarly sinned in his youth and decides to give up his pulpit. In the end, Guy wins back the favorable opinion of his neighbors, the existence of the marriage is proven, and the young couple find happiness.

Cast

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Preservation

With no copies of West of the Water Tower located in any film archives,[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.10389/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: West of the Water Tower] it is a lost film.

References

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External links

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  • {{IMDb title|0015478}}
  • [http://www.yesterdaysgallery.com/pictures/8684.jpg Dust jacket cover to Croy's novel; with scene from film depicted]
  • {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054055/http://www.blueeyesandbluebonnets.com/52-weeks-of-personal-genealogy-history-movies/ 1923 theater showing West of the Water Tower]}}(Wayback)
  • [http://www.carters.com.au/index.cfm/item/243343-west-of-the-water-tower-paramount-1923-long-australian-daybill-p/ Australian long lobby poster; daybill]
  • [http://img.carters.com.au/f016308ed4dc28551fad37bf818cced2.jpg More accessible version of poster]
  • [http://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/bookshopdoor/signature.cfm?item=171#1 Film still] at the Harry Ransom Center

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Category:1923 films

Category:1923 comedy-drama films

Category:1923 lost films

Category:1920s American films

Category:1920s English-language films

Category:American black-and-white films

Category:American silent feature films

Category:English-language comedy-drama films

Category:Films based on American novels

Category:Films directed by Rollin S. Sturgeon

Category:Lost American comedy-drama films

Category:Paramount Pictures films

Category:Silent American comedy-drama films

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