The New York Idea (1920 film)

The New York Idea
Film still with Alice Brady and Lowell Sherman
Directed by	Herbert Blache Marcel Del Sano (asst. director)
Produced by	Realart
Written by	Langdon Mitchell (play) Mary Murillo (scenario)
Based on	The New York Idea  by Langdon Mitchell
Cinematography	Jacques Bizeul
Distributed by	Realart Pictures Corporation
Release dates	November 27, 1920
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The New York Idea is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Herbert Blache and starring Alice Brady. The film was produced and distributed by Realart Pictures, an Adolph Zukor affiliate of his bigger Paramount Pictures.

The film is based on a 1906 Broadway play by Langdon Mitchell that starred Mrs. Fiske and George Arliss. Prints of the film exist at the International House of Photography, George Eastman House and the British Film Institute, London.^[1][2][3]

Cast

• Alice Brady - Cynthia Karslake
• Lowell Sherman - John Karslake
• Hedda Hopper - Vida Phillimore
• George Howell - Judge Philip Phillimore
• Lionel Pape - Sir Wilfrid Darby
• Margaret Linden - Caroline Dwight
• Edwards Davis - Bishop Matthew Phillimore (billed as Edward Davis)
• Harry Hocky - Tim Fiddler
• Nina Herbert - Mrs. Fiddler
• Emily Fitzroy - Grace Phillimore
• Julia Hurley - Mrs. Phillimore
• Marie Burke - Miss Heneage
• Robert Vivian - Brooks
• Edgar Norton - Thomas
• George Stevens - Butler

References

1. Progressive Silent Film List: The New York Idea at silentera.com
2. The New York Idea first performed on Broadway at the Lyric Theatre November 19, 1906 and revivals; IBDb.com
3. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature film Survival Database:The New York Idea

External links

• The New York Idea at the Internet Movie Database
• The New York Idea; allmovie.com
• Stills: picture 1 (with Lionel Pape, Alice Brady, Hedda Hopper, and Lowell Sherman), and picture #2 (with Alice Brady and Lionel Pape)
• The New York Idea lantern slide; coming attractions