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Director:
Herbert Brenon
Writers:
F. Scott Fitzgerald (novel)
Elizabeth Meehan (adaptation)
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Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
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Plot:
Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbour... more | add synopsis
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Survivung trailer shines light on an interesting lost film. more (1 total)

Cast

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Warner Baxter ... Jay Gatsby
Lois Wilson ... Daisy Buchanan
Neil Hamilton ... Nick Carraway
Georgia Hale ... Myrtle Wilson

William Powell ... George Wilson
Hale Hamilton ... Tom Buchanan
George Nash ... Charles Wolf
Carmelita Geraghty ... Jordan Baker
Eric Blore ... Lord Digby
Gunboat Smith ... Bert
Claire Whitney ... Catherine
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Runtime:
80 min (approx.)
Country:
USA
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent
Certification:
USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
Company:
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation more

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Trivia:
Although a lost film, the trailer survived and is one of the 50 films in the 3-disk boxed DVD set called "More Treasures from American Film Archives, 1894-1931" (2004), compiled by the National Film Preservation Foundation from 5 American film archives. It is preserved by the Library of Congress (AFI/Jack Tillmany collection) and has a running time of 1 minute. more
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Referenced in "Psych: Lassie Did a Bad, Bad Thing (#3.11)" (2009) more

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28 out of 30 people found the following comment useful.
Survivung trailer shines light on an interesting lost film., 29 November 2005
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Author: Kieran Kenney from California

I cannot comment on the film as a whole, but having viewed a surviving trailer I can't say I am anything short of impressed by the technical quality of this very first adaptation of F. Scott Fitsgerald's novel.

Bits of scenes are shown, mostly very briefly, intercut with witty and beautifully animated titles. The first scene we get is apparently from the Wilson home, a squalid shack. A long shot shows Myrtle walking in, with a man, presumable William Powell as George, already there. A closer shot shows Myrtle in more detail, and one sees that people other than Chaplin could get a good performance out of the Gold Rush beauty Georgia Hale.

Other scenes appear to show the confrontation at the pool, a shot of Lois Wilson (Daisy) and a male actor, undoubtedly one of the two leads, speaking in front of a hedge, and an interior where several people are clearly arguing. There are also numerous shots of Gatsby's pool party, where gaggles of girls (and a few boys) in bathing suits run around outside (and inside) and go diving into the pool. At least the film's most expensive sequence has survived the ravages of time.

The casting seems perfect. The male players might sound a little odd to modern viewers (the beloved Thin Man and George Wilson, for instance) but Hale and Wilson, both marvelous and hugely under-appreciated actresses, undoubtedly fit their parts like gloves. The direction and camera placement comes off as stagy. Wardrobe is lush and the interiors of Gatsby's home are superb, as are the beautiful extras populating them.

All I want now, providing we can't have the whole film, is a shot of Carmelita Geraghty as Jordan. The casing there seems perfect too. On the whole, a fascinating glimpse at an absent piece of film history.

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