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The New York Idea (1920 film)
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Wikipedia article
'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 BFI National Archive, London.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/N/NewYorkIdea1920.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'The New York Idea'] at silentera.com[http://ibdb.com/show.php?id=6509 'The New York Idea' first performed on Broadway at the Lyric Theatre November 19, 1906 and revivals; IBDb.com][http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1287/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature film Survival Database:'The New York Idea']
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
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