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'''''The Great Gatsby''''' is a lost silent film based on the F. Scott Fitzgerald book of the same name | '''''The Great Gatsby''''' is a lost silent film based on the F. Scott Fitzgerald book of the same name, and is also its first movie adaptation. Being released on November 21st, 1926, it was produced by the Famous Players-Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures as part of their 15th Anniversary. | ||
All that has survived from the film 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 so far.<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> | All that has survived from the film 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 so far.<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> | ||
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Original film poster.
Status: Partially Found
The Great Gatsby is a lost silent film based on the F. Scott Fitzgerald book of the same name, and is also its first movie adaptation. Being released on November 21st, 1926, it was produced by the Famous Players-Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures as part of their 15th Anniversary.
All that has survived from the film 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 so far.[1]
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External Link
- Wikipedia article on The Great Gatsby (1926 version). Retrieved 19 Mar '16.
Reference
- ↑ Professor Dixon's reports about the film. Retrieved 19 Mar '16.