Enchantment
(1921) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6982 feet
Directed by Robert G. Vignola
Cast: Marion Davies [Ethel Hoyt], Forrest Stanley [Ernest Eddison], Edith Shayne [Mrs. Hoyt], Tom Lewis [Mr. Hoyt], Arthur Rankin [Tommy Corbin], Corinne Barker [Nalia], Maude Turner Gordon [Mrs. Leigh], Edith Lyle [the fairy tale queen], Huntley Gordon [the fairy tale king], Gilbert Rooney [the first male flapper], Emmet Foy [the second male flapper]
Cosmopolitan Productions production; distributed by International Film Service Company, Incorporated, through Paramount Pictures Corporation [It’s a Paramount Picture]. / Scenario by Luther Reed, from the short story “Manhandling Ethel” by Frank Ramsey Adams. Production supervised by Cosmopolitan Productions. Set design by Joseph Urban. Cinematography by Ira H. Morgan. Presented by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation. / © 23 October 1921 by Cosmopolitan Productions [LP17199]. Premiered 30 October 1921 in New York, New York. Released 20 November 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Credited as the first American film to use modern art deco designs.
Comedy-Drama.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Actors - Art Deco
Listing updated: 5 November 2023.
References: Ball-Shakespeare pp. 266, 372, 386; Mandelbaum-Screen pp. 7, 140 : Website-AFI : with additional information provided by Edward Lorusso.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc; DVD.
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