Through the Dark

Through the Dark
Directed by George W. Hill
Written by Frances Marion (scenario)
Based on "The Daughter of Mother McGinn" 
by Jack Boyle
Starring Forrest Stanley
Colleen Moore
Cinematography L. William O'Connell
Allen Siegler
Production
company
Distributed by Goldwyn Pictures
Release dates
  • January 6, 1924 (1924-01-06)
Running time
80 mins.
Country United States
Language Silent
English intertitles

Through the Dark is a 1924 American silent mystery/crime drama film directed by George W. Hill, and starring Colleen Moore and Forrest Stanley as the popular detective character Boston Blackie. The film's scenario, written by Frances Marion, is based on the short story "The Daughter of Mother McGinn" by Jack Boyle.[1]

Produced by William Randolph Hearst's Cosmopolitan Productionss and distributed through Goldwyn Pictures,[1] the film was banned by the British Board of Film Censors upon its release for its depiction of unspecified "taboo" subject matter.[2] An incomplete print of Through the Dark is preserved at the Library of Congress.[3]

Cast

References

  1. 1 2 Beauchamp, Cari (1998). Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Powerful Women of Early Hollywood. University of California Press. p. 447. ISBN 0-520-92138-0.
  2. Green, Jonathon; Karolides, Nicholas J. (2009). Encyclopedia of Censorship. Infobase Publishing. pp. 76–77. ISBN 1-438-11001-4.
  3. Through the Dark at silentera.com

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