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starring: Betty Bronson, Ernest Torrence, George Ali, Esther Ralston, Cyril Chadwickdirected by: Herbert Brenon
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786305620846
Format: Black & White, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6305620849
Label: Kino Video
Manufacturer: Kino Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Kino Video
Release Date: June 06, 2000
Running Time: 105 minutes
Sales Rank: 44237
Studio: Kino Video
Theatrical Release Date: December 29, 1924
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Amazon.com:
J.M. Barrie's play about the boy who refused to grow up has become a stage classic and a revival standard, but in the movies Disney's animated musical version remains the most famous incarnation. Nearly forgotten is the original 1924 live-action version, a lavish silent fantasy that captures the fairy tale magic of flying children, wicked pirates, and a wondrous storybook land where kids never grow up. Tomboyish Betty Bronson, with an innocent smile and a mischievous spontaneity, is the eternally adolescent boy while towering Ernest Torrence (the burly comic actor best known as Buster Keaton's gruff father in Steamboat Bill Jr.) plays a gleefully flamboyant Captain Hook. This faithful adaptation flies from the Darling nursery to the thick tangle of the Lost Boys' forest, where elaborate, cartoonishly exaggerated animal costumes wander the trails and a floating ball of fairy light reveals herself as a lovely, petite girl in a gossamer gown and glowing hair. A curious thread of American patriotism peaks in the pirate ship climax when the Lost Boys replace the Jolly Roger with the stars and stripes and fly the ship into the stars. Long thought lost, a beautiful 35mm print was recovered years ago and serves as the basis for this restoration. Anna May Wong costars as Princess Tiger Lily, and a fine new score by Philip C. Carli accompanies the film.
The DVD also features a 30-minute interview with costar Esther Ralston, an essay by film historian Frederick C. Szebin, and a treasure-trove of archival stills and promotion materials in a photo gallery. --Sean Axmaker
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - A Magical Journey
Peter Pan is a classic story that never gets old. Children love the idea of being able to fly to a wonderful place of fun and imagination, and adults love to go back to a time when they felt the same way.
As always, Peter Pan is played by a woman, this time she is Betty Bronson. Although hardly a recognizable name today, Bronson worked very hard to win the role over the top names of the day. Alongside her are actresses Esther Ralston as Mrs. Darling, Mary Brian as Wendy, and Anna Mae ... Read More
Rating: - Very accurate
I recently bought this movie because I'm a huge fan of Peter Pan and I was curious to see this 20s rendition of the lovely story. Though I wasn't expecting much, it was very accurate to the story. A very good movie, but I was a little disappointed at how they made the Darling children into patriotic Americans. Sure that would have been fine had they really been American..but no... Yeah the patriotism was borderline cheesy. But I guess we can't win all the time. If you can get past that, it's an amazing ... Read More
Rating: - Silent Peter
Paramount's 1924 production was a major film in its day, an epic and a hit. Although James Barrie had written extensive screen treatments (totally new Peter Pan material now lost, apparently), for this film, none of it was used by the studio.
However, Barrie retained casting approval, even after a massive search for the woman to play Peter. Nevertheless, the creator's presence and imprimatur proved to be good fortune for the studio.
This 1999 dvd of a restoration of the film is important, ... Read More
Rating:  - Okay production of Peter Pan
Overall this was an okay version of Peter Pan. Betty Bronson showed she had charisma, although to me she is not the ultimate Peter Pan, (Mary Martin was, but then I haven't seen it since I was eight so...) I was disappointed mostly. I was looking forward to seeing Anna May Wong on screen and she was in the movie less than a minute. Also I didn't like the ending with the lost boys, that did not happen in the book. The real highlight of this movie was the man dressed in the dog suit, so adorable and yet so ... Read More
Rating:  - PETER PAN DVD Betty Bronson
Here is yet another video/DVD version of PETER PAN (others include the "Disney" version, the Mary Martin TV version, Cathy Rigby's A & E Broadcast, Speilberg's HOOK, and soon Disney's RETURN TO NEVERLAND) that should be of interest to both fans of Peter Pan and classic film buffs. It is fully restored from the archival 35mm hand-tinted elements (thought to be lost forever) of the 1924 silent film. This "first" film version based on the Sir James M. Barrie's extremely popular play stars Betty Bronson, who was ... Read More
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