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The Crowded Hour

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Wikipedia article




'The Crowded Hour' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Bebe Daniels. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the 1918 Broadway play,[http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=6973 'The Crowded Hour' on Broadway at the Selwyn Theatre November 22 1918 to March 1919; IBDb.com] 'The Crowded Hour', by Channing Pollock and Edgar Selwyn.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160418132155/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=3515 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'The Crowded Hour'](Wayback)[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/CrowdedHour1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'The Crowded Hour'] at silentera.com

Plot



As described in a film magazine review, Peggy and her pal Matt Wilde are performers in a "Follies" act when Billy Laidlaw sees her and falls in love with her despite the fact that he is already married. When World War I comes, Peggy and her partner become "Y" entertainers in France where she meets Billy. Billy later starts for an ammunition dump, planning to destroy it before the Germans reach it. Peggy is working as a switchboard operator when she finds it a question of saving Billy or a platoon of French soldiers, she chooses the latter. Billy is then captured. Peggy is later blinded during an attack, and then discovers that her nurse is Billy's wife Grace. Peggy stoically resolves to forget Billy and make amends with her partner Matt.

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Preservation



With no prints of 'The Crowded Hour' located in any film archives,[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4514/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'The Crowded Hour'] it is a lost film.[http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arneparamountpictures.html 'The Crowded Hour' at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: 'Paramount Pictures - 1925]

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