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The Skyrocket
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Wikipedia article
'The Skyrocket' is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Peggy Hopkins Joyce. The film was based on the 1925 novel of the same name by Adela Rogers St. Johns and scripted by Benjamin Glazer.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/Skyrocket1926.html 'The Skyrocket'] at silentera.com
Cast
Production
Peggy Hopkins Joyce was a one-time Ziegfeld Follies showgirl who became a media figure in the late 1910s and early 1920s for dating, marrying, and divorcing wealthy men, acquiring a sizable collection of expensive jewellery and furs and wearing fashionable clothes. 'The Skyrocket' was Joyce's first full-length feature and was intended as a vehicle to launch her acting career as she was largely known only for her colorful personal life. The film's distributor, Associated Exhibitors, launched a massive publicity campaign to promote the film. While Joyce earned mainly positive reviews for her performance, the film barely earned back its budget in box office returns.Rosenblum 2000 p.151 She would appear in only one more film, 'International House' (1933), before fading into obscurity.
Preserrvation
No prints of 'The Skyrocket' are located in any film archives,[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9270/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'The Skyrocket'] making it a lost film.
See also
*List of lost films
References
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