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'''The Great Gatsby''' is a lost silent film that was made one year after F. Scott Fitzgerald's book of the same name was published. It was produced by the Famous Players-Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures as part of their 15th Anniversary.
'''The Great Gatsby''' is a lost silent film based on the F. Scott Fitzgerald's of the same name.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Gatsby_(1926_film) Wikipedia article.] Retrieved 19 Mar '16.</ref> It was produced by the Famous Players-Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures as part of their 15th Anniversary.


Cast:
All that has survived is a one-minute trailer. Extensive efforts by Professor Wheeler Winston Dixon have been made to recover an original print of the film, but to no avail. <ref>[https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1P3-522127521/the-three-film-versions-of-the-great-gatsby-a-vision Professor Dixon's reports about the film.] Retrieved 19 Mar '16. </ref>
*Warner Baxter as Jay Gatsby
*Lois Wilson as Daisy Buchanan
*Neil Hamilton as Nick Carraway
*Georgia Hale as Myrtle Wilson
*William Powell as George Wilson
*Hale Hamilton as Tom Buchanan
*George Nash as Charles Wolf
*Carmelita Geraghty as Jordan Baker
*Eric Blore as Lord Digby
*Gunboat Smith as Bert
*Claire Whitney as Catherine
*Claude Brooke - Bit part (uncredited)
*Nancy Kelly - Uncredited role


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==Surviving Footage==
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==References==
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[[Category:Lost films|Great Gatsby (Lost 1926 film)]]
[[Category:Lost films|Great Gatsby (Lost 1926 film)]]

Revision as of 06:00, 19 March 2016

The Great Gatsby 1926.jpg

Original film poster.

Status: Lost


The Great Gatsby is a lost silent film based on the F. Scott Fitzgerald's of the same name.[1] It was produced by the Famous Players-Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures as part of their 15th Anniversary.

All that has survived is a one-minute trailer. Extensive efforts by Professor Wheeler Winston Dixon have been made to recover an original print of the film, but to no avail. [2]

Surviving Footage

References

  1. ↑ Wikipedia article. Retrieved 19 Mar '16.
  2. ↑ Professor Dixon's reports about the film. Retrieved 19 Mar '16.
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